Italian assets slide after Draghi resigns

Italian assets slide after Draghi resigns

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Italian assets fell sharply early Thursday after Prime Minister Mario Draghi resigned after members of his governing coalition refused to back him in a no-confidence vote.

Traders dumped Italian government bonds, pushing the yield on 10-year paper BX:TMBMKIT-10Y up 14 basis points to 3.51%. The yield spread with Germany, a closely watched gauge of stress for Rome’s debt, jumped to 224 basis points, as doubts grew that Italy could fulfil conditions necessary to receive its €200 billion ($204 billion) share of the EU’s coronavirus…

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