ING FX strategist Francesco Pesole said the euro could become more sensitive to sovereign-risk concerns if the OAT-Bund 10-year yield spread between France and Germany approaches 200 basis points. The spread closed at 174 basis points after touching 178 in the previous session, and ING expected little additional widening. France's 10-year yield was 5.05% on Oct. 23, down from 5.13% a day earlier, while Germany's 10-year Bund yield was 3.33%, versus 3.38% on Oct. 22; because the two agencies publish different series, these figures do not directly reconstruct ING's spread. ING saw no clear deterioration in France's fiscal or political conditions, and suggested broader bond-market sensitivity or the possibility of social unrest as explanations that were possible but not established. Moody's kept France's credit grade at Aa3 with a negative outlook.
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