July 30 (SeeNews) - Romania's finance ministry intends to sell 4.06 billion lei ($965 million/813 million euro) worth of government securities in August, including 360 million lei in non-competitive offers.
The finance ministry plans seven auctions of government securities with residual maturity ranging from 3.3 to 14.7 years and three auctions of Treasury bills, according to its August debt issuance plan published in the Official Gazette on Thursday.
The ministry sold government securities worth around 5.2 billion lei in July, slightly below the planned amount of 5.3 billion lei, data by Romania's central bank shows.
Year-to date, the finance ministry has sold government bills and bonds worth 34 billion lei and 1.48 billion euro ($1.76 billion) and has tapped foreign markets for 7 billion euro worth of 2030, 2033 and 2041 Eurobonds.
(1 euro=4.9209 lei)