Brussels, 01/12/2011 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 1 December, France and Spain both managed to successfully roll over their debt - €4.3 billion of long-term bonds for France and €3.75 billion of medium-terms bonds for Spain. The yield demanded for the French 10-year bonds was sharply down at 3.11%, but the interest rate on the Spanish three, four and five-year bonds was up slightly at over 5%, although demand outstripped supply. Both bond sales benefited from the optimism sweeping across the financial market after concerted effort by several central banks and the ECB on Wednesday to shore up the banking industry's cash flow (see EUROPE 10506). (MB/transl.fl)