Hanoi(VNA) – The Hanoi Stock Exchange successfully held 15 auctions in October,mobilising over 7.51 trillion VND (330.6 million USD) of bonds issued by theState Treasury, up 45.5 percent over September.
The ratio of winningbids reached 60.5 percent of the offerings.
The coupon annual rateswere 4.50-4.65 percent for five-year bonds, 4.83 percent for seven-year, 5.42-5.90percent for ten-year and 6.20 percent for 15-year ones.
Compared to September,the coupon rates of five-year and seven-year State Treasury bonds decreased,while those for 10-year term increased.
Meanwhile, outrighttransaction on more than 952 million bonds worth over 104.6 trillion VND wasmade in the secondary market in October, down 10.9 percent over the previousmonth. Repo (repurchase agreement) transaction was also made on over 1.047billion Government bonds, valued at more than 106.1 trillion VND, up 17.7percent over September.
Foreign investors spentover 4.5 trillion VND on outright purchases and sold over 1.8 trillion VND,while making repo sale of over 345 billion VND and no repo purchase.-VNA