August 27 (SeeNews) - Romania's finance ministry intends to sell 4.4 billion lei ($1.04 billion/892 million euro) worth of government securities in September, including 405 million lei in non-competitive offers.
The finance ministry plans eight auctions of government securities with residual maturity ranging from 3.2 to 14.6 years and two auctions of Treasury bills, according to its Septemebr debt issuance plan published in the Official Gazette on Thursday.
The ministry sold government securities worth around 3.9 billion lei in August, slightly below the planned amount of 4.06 billion lei, data by Romania's central bank shows.
Year-to date, the finance ministry has sold government bills and bonds worth 38 billion lei and 1.6 billion euro ($1.9 billion) and has tapped foreign markets for 7 billion euro worth of 2030, 2033 and 2041 eurobonds.
(1 euro=4.9334 lei)