Verizon sells $11 billion; Citibank, Humana, Penske price; high-grade credit spreads soften

By Cristal Cody

Tupelo, Miss., March 13 – Investment-grade issuers priced more than $15 billion of bonds on Monday as volume remains strong ahead of the Federal Reserve’s policy decision on Wednesday.

Verizon Communications Inc. sold $11 billion of notes in five parts.

Citibank, NA priced $2.5 billion of two-year notes in two tranches.

Humana Inc. brought a $1 billion two-tranche offering of notes.

Virginia Electric and Power Co. priced $750 million of 10-year senior notes.

Penske Truck Leasing Co., LP came with $500 million of 10-year senior notes.

Also, Fulton Financial Corp. brought $125 million of five-year senior notes to the primary market on Monday.

About $25 billion to $30 billion of bond volume is forecast for the week.

The Markit CDX North American Investment Grade index closed on Monday about 1 basis point weaker at a spread of 65 bps.

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