Rome paid slightly less than 6% to sell 7 billion euros of one-year bills on Monday as appetite for short-term maturities, especially from retail investors, helped offset market pressure on Italian debt after last week's European Union summit.
Statue and Italian Flag in front of Vittorio Emanuele monument.
At 5.952%, the one-year yield was just below a euro lifetime record high of 6.087% hit at a mid-November sale.
In a bid to support key domestic demand for its debt, Italy held a so-called "BOT day" on Monday, with banks scrapping fees for retail investors who bought the bills at auction.
Demand for the bills totalled around 13.5 billion euros.
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