Turkish Treasury borrows $1.5B through auctions
Treasury and Finance Ministry holds two auctions for borrowing from domestic markets
By Aysu Bicer
ANKARA (AA) - The Turkish Treasury borrowed 11 billion Turkish liras (nearly $1.5 billion) from domestic markets on Monday, said an official statement.
The Treasury and Finance Ministry announced that some 6 billion Turkish liras (about $858 million) five-month zero coupon treasury bill -- re-open, 4th issuance -- was sold in the first auction.
The treasury bill will be settled on Wednesday and mature on Oct. 7, 2020. The total tender amounted to 11 billion Turkish liras ($1.5 billion) with a 54% accepted/tendered rate.
The Treasury said the term rate of 161-day government bonds was accepted at 3.37%, while the annual simple and compound interest rates were 7.63% and 7.79%, respectively.
In the second auction on Monday, the Treasury issued seven-year Floating Rate Note bonds -- semiannually, re-open -- totaling 4.9 billion Turkish liras (nearly $715 million).
The bonds will be settled on Wednesday with a maturity date of Nov. 4, 2026.
According to the ministry, the total tender in the second auction amounted to 7.9 billion Turkish Liras, with a 62.6% accepted/tendered rate.
The term rate of 2,380-day government bonds was accepted at 7.25% of the periodic interest rate.
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