Trade in the market for bankruptcy protection under state or contracts for protection against non-performing its obligations (credit default swaps), today passed more calmly than last week, police MarketWatch. Against this background, risk premiums of almost all countries decreased due to a narrowed and the defense costs of unserved. This happens with Spain and Greece, which last week were monitored under a magnifying glass by market participants. Not such a situation, however, with Portugal as the country risk premium went up again. According to the CMA DataVision, which provides data on the cost of credit swaps, the primary risk indicator for Greece is back below the 4 per cent and 3.97 per cent. This means that to protect the position of EUR 10 million in state bonds to Greece need to pay a premium of 397 thousand euros per year. In Spain also observed shrinkage of the risk spread, and he is now 1.61 percentage points. Although the overall stabilization of the situation, however, Portugal remained under strong pressure from the market. The country risk premium is increased to 2.34 percent from 2.27 percent on Friday.
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