Hanoi (VNA) – The State Treasury raised nearly 36.6 trillion VND (1.58 billion USD) worth of Government bonds, or 79.12%of the total G-bonds on offer, via 12 auctions on the Hanoi Stock Exchange inFebruary.
In the first two months of this year, the StateTreasury raised more than 69.42 trillion VND, or 64.28% of the Q1 plan and17.36% of the yearly plan. Most of them were 10-year and 15-year bonds, accountingfor 52.19% and 45.21%, respectively.
Notably,their interest rates trended down, reaching 4.12% for 10-year bonds and 4.32%for 15-year bonds, down 0.24% from those in the last auction of the previousmonth.
On the secondary market, the trading valueof G-bonds during the month reached 111.49 trillion VND, up96.32% month-on-month, with outright transaction value making up 65.16%. Theremainder were those traded via repurchase agreements.
During the month, the transactions of commercial banksaccounted for 70.48% while those of securities companies were 29.52%./.
