December 30 (SeeNews) - Serbia's Finance Ministry said on Wednesday it sold its entire offer of 1.0 billion dinars ($14.8 million/10.4 million euro) of 12-month Treasury bills at an average interest rate of 10.49%, down from 10.99% in last week's auction.
The average accepted price in the auction was 90% of par, the ministry said in a statement.
The ministry sold 100,000 T-bills with a nominal value of 10,000 dinars each, the statement said. The government securities will mature on December 29, 2010.
In the previous auction of 12-month T-bills held on December 23 the ministry also sold its entire offer of 1.0 billion dinars worth of government securities.
Serbia holds scheduled auctions of three-month T-bills every week on Tuesdays, of 12-month T-bills on Wednesdays and of six-month T-bills on Thursdays.
The next auctions of six-month, three-month and 12-month T-bills will be held on December 31, January 5 and January 13, respectively.
Serbia held its debut auction of 12-month T-bills in August, aiming to bridge its yawning budget gap.
(1 euro= 96.3745 Serbian dinars)