rtokens: France managed third place with 0.68 percent in the 16-nation world government bond index .
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tokens: The weekly government bond index rose 0.07 percent in local currency terms .
ltokens: In local currency terms , Italian BTPs offered returns of 0.85 percent in the week ended on Thursday , with fellow high-yielder Sweden close behind on 0.80 percent .