The Hanoi Stock Exchange (HNX) mobilised more than 10 trillion VND from auctioning off Government bonds in February. (Photo: baodautu.vn)Hanoi (VNA) – The Hanoi Stock Exchange (HNX) mobilised more than 10trillion VND (440 million USD) from auctioning off Government bonds inFebruary, down 48 percent from the previous month.
The coupon rates of five-year term bonds and seven-year term bonds were 3.05percent and 3.4 percent, respectively.
Meanwhile, successful bidders of ten-year term bonds would enjoy an interestrate of 4-4.35 percent per year while the coupon rate for 15-year term bondsranged from 4.4-4.5 percent.
As compared to January, the annual interest rates of the terms fell 1.25percent, 0.95 percent, 0.38 percent and 0.1 percent, respectively.
On the secondary market, the total volume of Government bonds sold by theoutright method reached over 645 million worth 73.9 trillion VND (3.25 billion USD),down 37 percent in value from January.
Trading volume through repurchase agreements (repos) was more than 806 millionbonds valued at 83.8 trillion VND (3.86 billion USD), decreasing 29 percent invalue from January.
Foreign investors also made outright purchases of over 4.3 trillion VND (189.2million USD) and outright sale transactions of more than 4 trillion VND (176million USD). They made repo buys of over 207 billion VND (9.1 million USD) andrepo sales of over 205 billion VND (9.02 million USD).-VNA
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