Finance Ministry attracts UAH 6 bln from domestic bonds’ sale

The Ukrainian Finance Ministry attracted UAH 6 billion to the state budget from the sale of government domestic loan bonds on January 14, the Finance Ministry’s press service reported.

“At the first auction in 2020, the Finance Ministry offered investors three-month, one-year, two-year and two-year government bonds denominated in hryvnia. At the auction, UAH 6,003 million was attracted to the state budget (three-month government bonds - UAH 522.9 million; one-year government bonds - UAH 570.3 million; two-year government bonds - UAH 1, 694.8 million; four-year government bonds – UAH 3, 215.1 million, with a total demand exceeding UAH 25,242 million (almost four times),” reads the report.

The Finance Ministry notes that an average weighted yield on four-year hryvnia bonds decreased by 102 basis points (bps), to 9.88%.

An average yield on three-month bonds was 10.73% (decreased by 105 bps), one-year securities - 10.18% (by 124 bps), two-year securities - 10.04% (by 96 bps).

As Ukrinform reported, the Finance Ministry attracted UAH 5.3 billion to the state budget from the sale of government domestic loan bonds on December 24.

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