Sellers of credit-default swaps on Greece may have to pay 78.25 cents on the euro to settle contracts triggered by the nation's debt restructuring.

Dealers set an initial value of 21.75 percent at an auction for Greek bonds today, according to administrators Markit Group Ltd. and Creditex Group Inc. The auction is being held under the rules of the International Swaps & Derivatives Association and a final rate will be determined at 3:30 p.m. in London.

Greek credit-default swaps are being settled after investors were forced to exchange their bonds at a loss in the biggest ever debt restructuring. The auction ends more than two years of speculation over whether the derivatives are viable for insuring sovereign debt after European policy makers sought to prevent payouts on concern they'd worsen the region's crisis.

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