Ukraine attracts UAH 23.7 billion and USD 3.2 billion - National Bank

This is said in a report “Main trends of the money and credit market of Ukraine for June 2013,” made public on the NBU website.

“In June, auctions were held on primary placement of government bonds, nominated both in the national currency and in the U.S. dollars. By their results, UAH 4.3 billion and USD 20.9 million revenues came to the state budget over the month (since the beginning of the year UAH 23.7 billion and USD 3.2 billion respectively), the regulator informs.

The average weighted profitability of government bonds on the primary market in June made up: in the hryvnia - 11.63% annual, in the dollars - 7.81% (since the beginning of the year 13.11% and 7.81% respectively).

In addition, in 2013, the Finance Ministry carried out the issue of government bonds for the increase of authorized capital of the NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine by UAH 8 billion with profitability of 14.3%.

For repayment and servicing of government bonds, UAH 25.4 billion was spent in January-June, including the principal debt - UAH 15.3 billion, payment of the yield - UAH 10.1 billion.

It is noted also that the NBU increased repurchase of government bonds by 3.8 fold to UAH 4.2 billion.