REUTERS
The funds in the Ukrainian hryvnia were raised through the placement of securities with 90, 181, 272, 335 and 986-day maturity period and an average yield of 17.4%, 17.2%, 17.22%, 17%, and 16.15% per annum respectively.
The Ministry of Finance of Ukraine has attracted to the state budget some UAH 997.897 million at a weekly auction to place domestic bonds.
As reported on the ministry's website, the funds were raised as a result of selling bonds with maturity of 90, 181, 272, 335 and 986 days with an average yield of 17.4%, 17.2%, 17.22%, 17% and 16.15% per annum respectively.
There has been no placement of foreign currency bonds throughout the day.
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UNIAN memo. The Ministry of Finance of Ukraine in the first quarter of 2018, thanks to the placement of domestic bonds attracted to the state budget almost UAH 25 billion, US$807 million, and EUR 123 million, which in total exceeds UAH 50 billion in the hryvnia equivalent.
As of May 8, the volume of government bonds in circulation on the volume of the main debt was at UAH 741,505 billion, while the National Bank owns bonds worth UAH 350.325 billion, or 47% of their total volume.