Tuesday 18 October 2011

THE DAILY STAR :: Bahrain leads surge in Middle East debt risk as unrest escalates

Bahrain led an increase in the cost of insuring Middle Eastern sovereign debt on concern escalating unrest will destabilize the Persian Gulf, where most of the region’s oil is produced.

Credit-default swaps on Bahrain jumped for a fourth day, rising 18.5 basis points to 286, the highest since July 2009, according to CMA prices at 3 p.m. in London. Swaps on Egypt rose to the highest in more than a week as protests continued after last week’s resignation of President Hosni Mubarak.

Pro-democracy protesters in Bahrain, home to the U.S. Navy’s Fifth Fleet, stepped up demands for the government to resign after a security crackdown left at least three people dead. Egypt’s banks and stock market remain shut with no official date to reopen.

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