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Credit market snapshot: tighter on successful debt auctions

Friday, January 20, 2012

Credit moved tighter yesterday, with market sentiment buoyed by successful debt auctions by Spain and France. US markets also reacted positively to the news that the US Federal Reserve had successfully sold off its Maiden Lane bond portfolio which it had purchased from AIG as part of its bail-out. Credit has opened somewhat mixed in Europe this morning, with Crossover and Main 5 basis points and 1bp wider respectively, with SovX 1bp tighter.

19-Jan-12 close change on day
iTraxx Main 152.2 -9.7
iTraxx Crossover 647.7 -37.1
CDX NA IG 107.9 -1.8
CDX NA HY 95.9 +0.4
SovX WE 344.2 -12.8



All bp except CDX NA HY (pp). Source: Markit

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