LONDON, Nov 8 (Reuters) - Euro zone bond yields moved
lower on Friday, at the end of a busy week in which they had to
digest major central bank meetings, the U.S. election and the
collapse of the German government, and which has left them set
for a small weekly rise.
Germany's 10 year yield, the benchmark for the euro zone,
was last down 2 basis points at 2.42%. It is up
around one basis point on the week.
Friday's fall was partly a catch up with U.S. treasuries.
The U.S. 10 year yield finished a volatile Thursday down 8 bps
and was a whisker lower on Friday at 4.34%.
That move was partly an unwind of some of Wednesday's large
jump on former President Donald Trump's victory in Tuesday's
election, said analysts, as well as being affected by the
Federal Reserve cutting rates by 25 bps as expected.
European investors were also processing the implications of
Wednesday's collapse of the German ruling coalition, with
opposition parties and business groups urging Chancellor Olaf
Scholz to trigger a new election quickly.
The German two year yield was 2 bps lower at 2.41% and
Italy's 10 year yield was 5 bps lower at 3.69%
.
(Reporting by Alun John
Editing by Ros Russell)