Germany issues 3.5 billion euros in August 2056 Bund tap

4 articles · Updated · MarketWatch · May 6

The 2.90% bond was priced at 88.301 on Wednesday, with no retention, and sold at a 3.53464% yield.
The spread was set at 0.75 basis points above the mid-yield of the 2.50% August 2054 Bund.
Bank of America, Commerzbank, Goldman Sachs Bank Europe, J.P.Morgan, Morgan Stanley and Nomura acted as lead managers for the syndicated sale.

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