Finance Ministry attracts UAH 11.5B to state budget from government bonds’ sale

On March 2, 2021, the Ukrainian Finance Ministry raised UAH 11.5 billion towards the state budget as a result of auctions on the placement of domestic government bonds, the Finance Ministry wrote on its Facebook page.

“As a result of auctions on the placement of domestic government bonds, UAH 11,500 million was raised to the state budget," reads the report.

On March 2, the Finance Ministry offered investors five issues of hryvnia-denominated bonds, with a maturity of 3 months, 1 year, 1.5 years, 2 years, 3 years, and one issue of foreign currency- denominated bonds, with a maturity of 2 years.

Following the auctions, UAH 6,922 million was attracted to the state budget from the placement of hryvnia-denominated bonds.

An average weighted yield on 3-month bonds was 8.47%, 1-year - 10.67%, 1.5-year - 11.04%, 2-year - 11.80%, 3-year - 12.05%.

EUR 163.5 million was obtained from the placement of foreign currency-denominated bonds. The weighted average yield was 3.9%.

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