The average yield for Ecuadorean corporate bonds sold in local markets rose to 8.07 percent in first six months of the year, the Bolsa de Valores de Quito said today in a report on its website.

The average corporate yield was 7.99 percent in the first half of 2011, according to the exchange.

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