The Bloomberg US Leveraged Loan Index (Ticker: LOAN) advanced 0.76% in June after a 1.53% gain in May, bringing its year-to-date return to 2.77%. Average secondary market prices on US leveraged loans reached 96.65 on July 1st, the highest level since March 6th.
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