The financing costs of government for peripheral member countries outside the Eurozone have fallen.

On Tuesday in the European market late trading, the yield on French 10-year government bonds fell by 1.1 basis points to 3.499%, trading in a range of 3.534% to 3.490% during the day. The yield on 2-year French bonds fell by 2.3 basis points, while the 30-year French bond yield rose by 0.7 basis points. The yield on Italian 10-year government bonds fell by 3.9 basis points to 3.556%. The yield on Spanish 10-year government bonds fell by 5.0 basis points to 3.320%. The yield on Greek 10-year government bonds fell by 4.4 basis points to 3.403%.