Finance Ministry places government bonds for UAH 3.5B

“Today [February 22] at auctions for the placement of domestic government bonds, the Finance Ministry offered investors five issues of securities in the national currency and one in the foreign currency. […] As a result, UAH 3,484 million was attracted to the state budget,” the report says.

The term of circulation of the offered government bonds in the national currency is 3 months, 1 year, 1.5 year, 2 years and 4 years. The maturity of euro-denominated bonds is 3 months.

It is noted that 3-month bonds were in the most demand, from the placement of which UAH 2.9 billion was attracted to the state budget.

The average weighted yield of 3-month bonds was 11.60%, 1-year bonds - 11.93%, 1.5-year bonds - 12.00%, 2-year bonds - 13.00%, and 4-year bonds – 13.09%.

In turn, EUR 7.2 million was raised from the placement of government bods denominated in foreign currency; the average weighted yield of these bonds was 1.75%.

As Ukrinform reported, the Finance Ministry raised UAH 66 million to the state budget at an auction on February 15.

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