The 20-year bonds due in 2013 were priced to yield 7.57 percent, which was 65 basis points over a comparable 20-year Treasury security.

Price speculation ahead of the sale had been for a spread of 95 to 99 basis points more than the comparable Treasury security.

The second part, $150 million of 7.19 percent debentures due in 2015, was priced to yield 85 basis points more than a comparable Treasury security.

A $350 million issue of 12 percent bonds due in 2016 yields about 2.59 percentage points more than comparable Treasury securities.

The $400 million issue of five-year bonds was priced to yield 6.819 percent, or 98 basis points above comparable Treasury securities.

Another $1.5 billion of five-year notes were priced to yield 6.935 percent, or 115 basis points more than a comparable Treasury security.

The debentures, due in 2022, were priced at 98 to yield 9.32 percent, or about 169 basis points more than a comparable Treasury security.

The 7-year note yielded 6.45 percent, about 29 basis points, or hundredths of a percentage point, more than the comparable Treasury security.

The notes yielded 6.729 percent, or about 79.5 basis points more than a comparable Treasury security.

The spread over a comparable Treasury security, in this case a two-year note, was about 80 basis points.