rtokens: 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 .
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tokens: High-flying Italy topped the league in a week of meagre returns on government bonds , Salomon Brothers said on Friday .
ltokens: LONDON 1996-12-06