Sold a total of Eur 5.817 bln out of a targeted Eur 4-5 bln in first auction of 2013

Details :

Eur 3.397 bln of 2.75% March 2015 bono, yield 2.476% (from 3.282%), cover 2.1

Eur 1.950 bln of 4.5% January 2018 bono, yield 3.988% (from 4.68%), cover 2.6 (from 2.1)

Eur 470 mln of 5.9% July 2026 obligacione, yield 5.555% , cover 2.9

Very strong take up above target and improved yields; EUR/USD spiking higher to fresh day’s highs of 1.3093 on the results