The spread between BTPs and German Bunds rose at the start of the day to 144.2 basis points from 143 at yesterday's close. The yield on the Italian ten-year bond has changed little at 3.89% on the previous day's levels.

(HANDLE) The Btp-Bund spread is slightly rising at 144 points at the started - Last hour.    The yield of the Italian 10-year Bond has changed to 3.87% from 3.88% yesterday.