Hanoi (VNA) – The Hanoi Stock Exchange (HNX) held 25 auctions inNovember, mobilising over 26 trillion VND (1.12 billion USD) worth of G-bonds,up 29 percent from the previous month.
Of the amount, 13.7 trillion VND was raised by the State Treasury and theremainder by the Vietnam Development Bank.
The interest rates of successfully-bid bonds issued by the State Treasurydropped by 0.01-0.48 percent per year compared to October, with five-year bondsand 20-year bonds experiencing the strongest drop of 0.48 percent and 0.3percent, respectively.
On the secondary G-bond market, trading volume averaged over 10.5 trillion VNDper session, a month-on-month increase of 18.6 percent. Meanwhile, transactedvolume through repurchasing agreements (repos) accounted for 40.8 percent ofthe total trading volume, up 1.8 percent from October.
Total outright purchases of G-bonds in the month hit over 130.8 trillion VND,rising 5.1 percent against the previous month, while total trading volume ofG-bonds via repos was valued 90.2 trillion VND, increasing 13.3 percent from October.
Foreign investors made outright purchases of more than 4.7 trillion VND, andoutright sales of some 5.3 trillion VND. They did not make any repotransactions.
In the 11-month period, the State Treasury mobilised over 204 trillion VNDworth of G-bonds through auctions on HNX, equivalent to 81.6 percent of itsyearly plan.
Total listed G-bonds were valued at more than 1.14 quadrillion VND as ofNovember 30./.