November 17 (SeeNews) - Croatia successfully placed a bond worth 1.275 billion euro ($1.5 billion) and maturing in 2030 on the international market on Thursday, the finance ministry said.
The government securities were placed at a yield of 2.953% and a coupon of 2.75%, the ministry said in a statement late on Thursday.
The order book opened and closed within a day but due to strong investor interest demand reached 3.38 billion euro, it added.
Interest was shown by 226 investors from Central and Eastern Europe, Italy, the UK/Ireland, Austria, Germany, the Benelux countries and others.
The transaction was handled by Banca IMI/Privredna banka Zagreb, Barclays and J.P. Morgan.
($=0.8476 euro)