# France sells €12bn of long OATs as investor bid coverage varies by maturity

> France allocated €11.999 billion across four long-dated sovereign bonds at its November 5 auction, with maturities from 2036 to 2057. Bid-to-allotment ratios ranged from about 2.27 to 2.97, and award yields increased from 4.74% to 5.27% across the reopened maturities.

- Date: 2026-11-08 · published 2026-11-09T00:05:54.827Z
- Category: macro · region France · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/88177-france-sells-12bn-of-long-oats-as-investor-bid-coverage-varies-by-maturity
- Commodities: [Oats](https://feedsoft.ai/c/OATS.md)

## Why it matters

The auction concerns French government borrowing and does not describe a feed or agricultural commodity supply-demand driver.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| OATS | 2025-06-19 | [France taps €12.0bn shorter dated OATs, strong, but not blistering \| IFR](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24265-france-taps-12-0bn-shorter-dated-oats-strong-but-not-blistering-ifr.md) | +0.6% | +0.8% |
| OATS | 2026-10-24 | [Debt : Moody spares France ,  a brief respite , not a  vote of confidence](https://feedsoft.ai/events/777-debt-moody-spares-france-a-brief-respite-not-a-vote-of-confidence.md) | -7.6% | — |
| OATS | 2026-09-01 | [France 10-Year OAT Yield Highest since 2008](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17958-france-10-year-oat-yield-highest-since-2008.md) | +0.9% | +21.8% |
| OATS | 2024-07-05 | [EUR GOVTS - Steady decline in OAT futures volume suggests orderly squaring of positions](https://feedsoft.ai/events/29319-eur-govts-steady-decline-in-oat-futures-volume-suggests-orderly-squaring-of.md) | +4.4% | +3.6% |
| OATS | 2026-10-28 | [OAT relaxes (a bit)](https://feedsoft.ai/events/107-oat-relaxes-a-bit.md) | -1.9% | — |

## Sources

- fxnews.ai: https://fxnews.ai/news/france-oat-5-november-auction-cover-yields-2036-2057/

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