Finance Ministry attracts UAH 16.8B to state budget from government bonds’ sale

On November 24, 2020, the Ukrainian Finance Ministry raised UAH 16.768 billion towards the state budget as a result of auctions on the placement of domestic government bonds, the ministry’s press service wrote on Facebook.

The Finance Ministry offered investors five issues of hryvnia-denominated bonds, with a maturity of four months, six months, one year, three years, four years, and one issue of foreign currency- denominated bonds, with a maturity of one year. Following the auctions, UAH 16,768 million in equivalent was attracted to the state budget.

In particular, UAH 11,445 million was raised to the state budget from the placement of securities in the national currency. The weighted average yield on four-month securities was 10.0%, on six-month securities – 10.25%, on one-year securities – 10.75%, two-year securities – 11.4%, and four-year securities – 11.7%.

In turn, EUR 157.7 million was obtained from the placement of foreign currency -denominated bonds. The weighted average yield remained unchanged - 2.45%.

As reported by Ukrinform, the Finance Ministry attracted UAH 2.5 billion to the state budget following auctions on the placement of domestic government bonds on November 17, 2020.

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