September 26 (SeeNews) - Bulgaria's finance ministry said it raised 85 million levs ($51.5 million/43.5 million euro) through a new isuue of 7.5-year fixed-rate Treasury notes at an auction, which produced an average annual weighted yield of 0.69%.
Primary dealers placed orders worth 286.4 million levs, which corresponds to a bid-to-cover ratio of 3.37, the ministry said in a statement late on Monday.
"The spread to the 10-year German Bunds in this segment is 63 basis points," it noted.
The issue bears a coupon of 0.8%, payable semi-annually with the last one due at maturity on March 27, 2025 together with the principal, the Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) said in a separate statement.
The average weighted price of the bids in the auction was 99.48 levs for a par value of 100 levs, while that of the approved bids was 100.79 levs, it added.
Details follow:
|
7.5-yr t-notes |
Auction date |
September 25 |
Amount offered (mln levs) |
85 |
Amount sold (mln levs) |
85 |
Total bids placed (mln levs) |
286.4 |
Bid-to-cover ratio |
3.37 |
Lowest yield |
0.57% |
Highest yield |
0.75% |
Average weighted yield |
0.69% |
Source: BNB
(1 euro = 1.95583 levs)