OREANDA-NEWS. Rallye SA's five-year Credit Default Swaps (CDS) have widened 25% over the past week and doubled over the past month to price at the widest levels observed in over three years, according to Fitch Solutions in its latest case study snapshot.

After pricing consistently in line with 'B/B-' levels over the past year, credit protection for Rallye is now pricing wide of CCC levels.

"Wider CDS and increased liquidity for Rallye are likely attributed, at least in part, to its exposure to French supermarket operator Casino Guichard-Perrachin SA, which saw its stock price drop over the past month," said Diana Allmendinger, Director, Fitch Solutions

CDS liquidity increased for Rallye and is now trading in the 19th global percentile, compared to the 30th percentile a month ago. Increased CDS liquidity, or activity surrounding a particular issuer, indicates increased market uncertainty over future spread levels.

Fitch Solutions case studies build on data from its CDS Pricing Service and proprietary quantitative models, including CDS Implied Ratings. These credit risk indicators are designed to provide real-time, market-based views of creditworthiness. As such, they can and often do reflect more short term market views on factors such as currencies, seasonal market effects and short-term technical influences. This is in contrast to Fitch Ratings' Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs), which are based on forward-looking fundamental credit analysis over an extended period of time.