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September 05, 2011 at 06:23 AM
Worries over the European debt crisis drove markets and Italy’s bonds lower on Monday, with gold and the dollar gaining over the euro. Angela Merkel’s party lost elections in Germany over the weekend as well, showing opposition to euro bailouts the German chancellor has advocated.
Bloomberg reported that the cost of government and bank default insurance also rose as fears that the euro zone’s debt woes will spread drove investors to seek safety. European bank stocks suffered as well; Deutsche Bank, Credit Suisse Group, Barclays, Societe Generale and Royal Bank of Scotland Group dropped at least 7%, while HSBC Holdings fell 2.6%.
Italian 10-year bonds saw yields climb 28 basis points to their highest level since Aug. 5, and yields on Greek two-year bonds rose 2.65 percentage points to come in at 49.85%.
