The State Treasury raised nearly 39.21 trillion VND (over 1.7 billion USD) worth of Government bonds via 40 auctions on the Hanoi Stock Exchange (HNX) in the first quarter of 2021 (Photo: VNA)In the quarter, the total value of listedG-bonds was estimated at more than 1.34 quadrillion VND, a marginal drop of 0.7percent compared to late 2020.
The average trading value reached 12.3trillion VND per session, a year-on-year surge of 20.2 percent.
Trading volume through repurchaseagreements (repos) accounted for 33.57 percent of the total transaction valuein the market.
In Q1, foreign investors net bought 5.9trillion VND, making up 2.04 percent of the total amount.
In March alone, more than 12.19 trillionVND was mobilised through 21 G-bond auctions, a month-on-month surge of 246percent.
Interest rates of bonds in successful bids expandedon the maturities of 5 years, 10 years, 15 years and 30 years, with increase rangingfrom 0.04 – 0.13 percent each year.
On the secondary G-bond market, the averagetrading value in the month reached 10.41 trillion VND per session, down 9.7percent month-on-month.
The total outright purchases of G-bonds inthe month hit over 1.5 billion bonds valued at 167 trillion VND.
Meanwhile, the total volume traded viarepos reached over 671 million bonds, worth more than 72.5 trillion VND, down8.13 percent from the previous month.
Foreign investors made purchases of over5.4 trillion VND, and outright sales of 3.7 trillion VND./.
VNA
