The Public Finance Ministry raised on Monday RON 784 million from banks through a benchmark bond issue with a residual maturity of 86 months, at an average yield of 6.42 pct per annum, the National Bank of Romania announced.
The face value of the issue was RON 500 million, and banks submitted bids worth RON 889 million, agerpres reports.
An additional bidding session is scheduled for Tuesday, through which the Finance Ministry intends to borrow another RON 75 million for the yield set on Monday.
The Public Finance Ministry is planning to borrow this February RON 5.5 billion from commercial banks; another RON 705 million could add to this amount through additional non-competitive bids related to the bond auctions.
The total amount of RON 6.205 billion is by RON 115 million lower than the RON 6.32 billion planned for January 2024, and will be used to refinance public debt and cover the state budget deficit.
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