LJUBLJANA (Slovenia), May 13 (SeeNews) – Slovenia's finance ministry said it sold on May 12 a combined 53.3 million euro ($57.8 million) worth of three-month and six-month Treasury bills and 18-month Treasury bills worth 306 million euro.
The ministry sold three-month Treasury bills worth 25 million euro, below the 50 million euro target, it said in a statement on Tuesday.
The issue yielded a negative 0.25%, compared with a negative yield of 0.30% at the previous auction of three-month government securities held in April.
The finance ministry also auctioned 28.3 million euro worth of six-month Treasury bills, lower than the 60 million euro target and below the 39.8 million euro demand. The issue yielded a negative 0.20%, compared with a negative yield of 0.15% achieved at the previous auction in April.
In addition, 18-month securities worth 306 million euro were sold, above the 100 million euro target but below the 481.5 million euro demand. They yielded a negative 0.01%, compared with a positive yield of 0.10% in the April auction.
In April, Slovenia sold 15 million euro worth of three-month securities, meeting demand, 28 million euro worth of six-month debt, also meeting demand, and 131.5 million euro of 18-month securities, below the 169.5 million euro demand.
Details about the May 12 auctions follow (in millions of euro):
|
3-month |
6-month |
18-month |
Amount sold (mln euro) |
25 |
28.3 |
306 |
Total bids placed (mln euro) |
50 |
60 |
481.5 |
Uniform price of accepted offers |
100.063 % |
100.102% |
100.021% |
Yield |
-0.25% |
-0.20% |
-0.01% |
($=0.921637 euro)