Greek 10-year bond issue fetches 3 bln euros

ATHENS, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- Greece raised 3 billion euros (3.4 billion U.S. dollars) on Wednesday through a new 10-year bond that drew more than 15 billion euros of bids.

The bond serves as a benchmark for the Greek yield curve, according to a bourse filing.

Since the issue was more than five times oversubscribed, this brought the interest rate down by some five basis points from the original guidance, to