Over 3.1 trillion VND raised from Government bonds (Illustrative image. Source: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – The Hanoi StockExchange (HNX) raised more than 3.1 trillion VND (136 million USD) through 17 auctionsof Government bonds issued by the State Treasury in August, down 79 percentagainst the previous month.
Whilefive-year bonds were sold with an annual interest rate of between 4.6 percent,those for seven-, 10- and 15-year bonds are 4.8 percent, 5.38 percent and 5.75 percent respectively.
Meanwhile the 30-year bonds bear the respective interest rate of 6.1percent.
Compared to the previous month, the Augustinterest rates dropped 0.12 percent for five-year and 30-year bonds and 0.15percent for seven-year bonds while those for 10-year and 15-year bonds remainedunchanged.
In the secondary market, the total tradingvolume of Government bonds sold outright reached over 902.5 million bonds worthmore than 99.5 trillion VND, a monthly decline of 10.3 percent.
The volume of G-bonds sold through repurchase (repo)agreements was estimated at over 1,186 million bonds valued at over 119trillion VND, a month-on-month increase of 20.4 percent.
Foreign investors made outright transactions worthover 4.9 trillion VND in purchase value and over 5.5 trillion VND in sale value.
They also had repo selling of over 98.9 trillionVND and no purchasing repo transaction this month.-VNA
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