At the auctions, on Tuesday, after a two-month interval, the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine offered for sale the dollar government loans; however, the volume of their placement decreased almost 2.5 times – up to $272.3 mln, despite the increase of minimum interest rate up to 5.6-5.65%, Interfax-Ukraine reports.
According to the post on the official website of the ministry, the ministry refused from one small bid, amounting to $0.1 mln, for securities with maturity date in 518 days, in which the seller asked for 5.6% per annum.
The minimum interest rates on 518-day government loans were set at 5.4%, 630-day – 5.6% and 721-day – 5.65% per annum that allowed satisfying 19 out of 20 bids.
The volume of sale of securities for 518 days was $57.65 mln, for 630 days - $101.3 mln and for 721 day - $113.08 mln.
In addition, the Ministry of Finance attracted UAH 82 mln from the sale of “shortest” 77-day UAH securities and “longest” securities with maturity date in 973 days, offering the previous rate for them – 17.44% and 16.1%.
Reportedly, last time, the Ministry of Finance sold the dollar bonds on March 28; however, then the time of their circulation was less. As the result, the securities for 203 days were sold at 5.1% for $406.3 mln, for 308 days – at 5.3% for $179 mln and for 686 days – at 5.4% for $84.1 mln.