ROME, Aug. 29 (Xinhua) -- Bond yields in Italy surged to their highest levels in weeks on Monday as potential changes in the monetary policy of the United States Federal Reserve (Fed) and concerns about Italy's upcoming elections combined with macroeconomic and environmental factors unsettled investors.
At the end of trading on Monday, the yield on Italy's benchmark ten-year bonds stood at 3.795 percent, after rising to 3.882 percent early in the session. Monday's close -- a 3.2 percent increase over Friday's close -- was the highest since the yield surpassed the 4 percent threshold in mid-June.
