Illustrative image (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – The purchase of Governmentbonds on the Hanoi Stock Exchange (HNX) remained vibrant in May on both primary and secondarymarkets, reported the HNX.
On the primary market, the State Treasurymobilised 44.18 trillion VND (1.9 billion USD) via 16 auctions, up 68 percentmonth-on-month.
Interest rates for 5-,10-, and 15-year bonds decreased by 0.02-0.09percent annually while those for bonds with 20 and 30-year maturity remained unchanged.
Bonds with 10- and 15-year maturity were sold the most,accounting for 79.7 percent of the total.
In the first five months of 2021, the State Treasuryraised 109.6 trillion VND through G-bonds, mainly 10- and 15-year bonds, or equivalent to 31.1 percent of the yearlytarget.
On the secondary market, bonds worth 1.37 quadrillion VND were sold as of May 31. The average trading value reached 10.55 trillion VND persession, up 7.65 percent monthly.
The total volume traded viarepos made up 34.7 percent of the total. Foreign investors’ purchase accountedfor 1.11 percent of the total value in May, with net sales hitting 775 billion VND./.
