April 29- Freddie Mac, the No. 2 U.S. home funding company, said it will sell $2.5 billion of reference bills on Monday. Freddie Mac said it plans to sell $500 million of one-month bills due May 28, 2013, $1 billion of three-month bills due July 29, 2013, and $1 billion six-month bills, due Oct. 28, 2013. Bids will be accepted from authorized dealers until 9:45 a.m. EDT.
LONDON, April 29 Fitch Ratings has assigned Krayinvestbank's RUB1.5bn BO-02 Series domestic bond issue a final Long-term local currency rating of' B+', a final National Long-term rating of' A-' and a Recovery Rating of' RR4'.
April 29- Following are terms and conditions. of a bond priced on Monday.
*Italy forms government after months of uncertainty. NEW YORK, April 29- U.S. stock index futures rose on Monday, buoyed by the formation of a broad coalition government in Italy which ended two months of political uncertainty and boosted an appetite for risky assets, as investors braced for major economic news this week.
MUMBAI, April 29- Indian federal bond yields rose on Monday as dealers kept positions light on caution ahead of the central bank's rate decision on Friday and on resumption of supply.
*Gold rises as dollar falls before ECB meeting. NEW YORK, April 29- U.S. stock index futures rose on Monday, extending the previous week's gains, buoyed by upward momentum from European stocks and hopes for U.S. corporate results and economic data.
India's benchmark 10- year bond yield up 2 basis points at 7.76 percent, as dealers kept positions light on caution ahead of the central bank's rate decision on Friday and on resumption of supply. India's benchmark five-year swap rate down 2 bps at 6.93 percent and the one-year swap rate unchanged at 7.21 percent.
*Announces intention to offer $250 million in senior unsecured notes. *Intends to use the net proceeds of the offering to repay $46 million of the. *Intends to use net proceeds to repay $46 million of the revolving loans.
April 29- Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc:. *Announces public offering of class A common stock. *Says offering 14 million shares of class A common stock.
Fitch Ratings has assigned US-listed China- based Xinyuan Real Estate Co., Ltd.' s senior unsecured USD200m 13.25% notes a final' B+' rating. The assignment of the final rating follows the receipt of documents conforming to information already received, and is in line with the expected rating assigned on 18 April 2013.
HONG KONG/ SINGAPORE, April 29 Fitch Ratings has assigned US-listed China- based Xinyuan Real Estate Co., Ltd.' s senior unsecured USD200m 13.25% notes a final' B+' rating. The assignment of the final rating follows the receipt of documents conforming to information already received, and is in line with the expected rating assigned on 18 April 2013.
*Investors cut bets on more Bank of England easing. *European Central Bank rate cut seen likely this week By Jessica Mortimer. Better British data contrasted with below-forecast first-quarter gross domestic product in the United States on Friday and with growing expectations that the European Central Bank will cut interest rates later this week.
*VTB shares up 0.9 pct, outperform, after $3.3 bln offer. MOSCOW, April 29- Shares in Russia's second largest bank VTB rose on Monday, as investors digested a $3.3 billion stock offering in a market thinned ahead of public holidays. While the Moscow exchange will be open throughout the week except for Wednesday, Russians will have a three-day holiday.
LONDON, April 29- Italian government bond yields fell on Monday and were expected to ease further as new Prime Minister Enrico Letta prepared to set out his administration's programme, ending two months of political deadlock. In Italy, Letta, of the centre-left, was expected to win parliament's backing in a confidence vote at 1300 GMT.
DUBAI, April 29- Bahrain Telecommunications Co plans to issue a $650 million seven-year bond on Monday, arranging banks said, and has released early price talk for the deal. Treasuries, said an announcement from lead arrangers BNP Paribas and Citigroup Inc.
Fitch Ratings has assigned China- based department store operator Parkson Retail Group Limited's USD500m notes due 2018 a final rating of' BBB-'. The final rating follows the receipt of documents conforming to information already received, and is in line with the expected rating assigned on 22 April 2013.
SEOUL/ HONG KONG, April 29 Fitch Ratings has assigned China- based department store operator Parkson Retail Group Limited's USD500m notes due 2018 a final rating of' BBB-'. The final rating follows the receipt of documents conforming to information already received, and is in line with the expected rating assigned on 22 April 2013.
ISTANBUL, April 29- Turkey's Central Bank will hold a one-week repo auction on Monday with a volume of 1.5 billion lira, central bank data showed.
COLOMBO, April 29- Sri Lanka's central bank provided the following treasury bond auction results on Monday. 2022 2025' A Series'' A Series' Maturity date 1 Jan 2022 1 May 2025 Coupon rate 8.00 9.00 Bids received 2,200 3,350 Amount accepted 1,000 2,000 Weighted avg yield after tax 11.77 12.09 NOTE: Bids in million rupees, yields in percent.
LONDON, April 26- Hints the euro zone may shift away from front-loaded fiscal austerity have been treated kindly by financial markets this week as bond investors seem comfortable with at least a measured tilt in the policy mix.