They don't have the same confidence over the safety of French bonds.

At the same time, they may also have wanted the extra yield you get on French bonds.

The French bond trading platform is one sign of that.

The sizeable market in French bonds also took little notice.

Had French bonds been paying just 3pc, investors would not have considered that an ample enough return for the risk.

The risk premium on French bonds has fallen as the protests ease.

Traders said that foreign investors were selling French bonds because of this new uncertainty.

French bonds fell before debt sales this week and the euro weakened.

The market reaction has been “very calm,” she said, noting that French bond yields were only slightly higher.

But when Melbrun saw the French bonds, he shook his head.

A French bond auction also received a lukewarm response.

He had been to his bank that afternoon and had examined French bonds thoroughly.

This could weigh on French bonds in the medium-term.

They are trading at about 420bp over the triple A basket, which includes French bonds.

The credit warning from Moody’s followed a sharp rise in French bond yields.

A French bond auction also saw high yields.

French bond yields surged amid worries over the country's credit rating.

Mills also said French bonds were holding up well as a safe haven during the financial crisis. '

I thought it best to let him have these, until I found out if his French bonds were genuine.

If so, French bond yields will deservedly move closer to Germany's.

So a larger downgrade could cause the markets to sell euro and French bonds in the short-term.

Everyone seems to be waking up to the record spread between French bonds and Bunds at the moment.

French banks hold a lot of French bonds.

The contract had been nestled at 114.14 immediately after the release of better-than-expected French bond auction results.

This week, yields on 10-year French bonds hit record lows below 2 per cent, holding down the cost of financing the country's high public debt.