Election nerves push Italian bond yields past 2 percent for first time since October

LONDON (Reuters) – Italy’s 10-year government bond yield topped 2 percent on Friday for the first time since late October, a day after the country’s president announced it would hold a general election on March 4.

The vote is expected to produce a hung parliament which could result in instability and possible market turbulence for the euro zone’s third largest economy.

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