Europe equity and bond roundup (April 9, 2015)

Stocks up. Bond yields lower.

Longer term bond yields in Germany and France were lower. Some of the lower risk countries yields rose in a portfolio shift. Below are the trends over the last month for German, French, Italian, and Spanish debt. In the US, the yields are little changed today. The lower yields in some of the European bond markets are helping to pressure the EURUSD.