Illustrative photo (Source: internet)Hanoi (VNA) - Through 21 Government bond auctions on the HanoiStock Exchange (HNX) in July, the State Treasury raised more than 58.67trillion VND (over 2.5 billion USD), up 80 percent against June.
Some 78.7 percent of the G-bonds offered were sold.
Annual interest rates were down 0.08-0.21 percent compared to June, withthe highest fall seen in five-year bonds.
On the secondary G-bond market, trading volumes averaged more than 10.25trillion VND per session, up 25 percent month-on-month. The value of G-bondstraded via repurchasing agreements (repos) accounted for 32.5 percent of thetotal market value.
Meanwhile, total outright purchases of 1.4 billion G-bonds were worthover 159 trillion VND, up 39 percent against June.
Foreign investors made outright purchases of more than 4.3 trillion VND andoutright sales of over 4.27 trillion VND. They did not make any repostransactions.
Total listed G-bonds were valued at more than 1.21 quadrillion VND as ofJuly 31./.
VNA
