Lisbon, March 16 (AFP) – Portugal put today 1,728 million, above the indicative amount in Treasury bills at six and 12 months the average positive interest rates, just higher than in previous comparable auction that had been negative.
According to information from the Treasury Management Agency and the Public Debt (IGCP) on Bloomberg page, the 1,728 million, EUR 1,285 million were placed in treasury bills to 12 months at the rate average 0.050% interest, higher than -0.001% registered in January. The demand was 1,770 million euros, 1.38 times the amount placed.
The remaining EUR 443 million were placed in treasury bills to six months the average interest rate of 0.009%, also above of -0.013% recorded in January. The total purchase proposals amounted to 948 million euros, 2.14 times the amount placed.
The IGCP had announced that it intended to raise between 1,200 and 1,500 million euros in these Ticket auction Treasury maturing on September 23, 2016 (six months) and 17 March 2017 (one year).
in the last comparable auction, which took place in January, the IGCP was able to overcome the global indicative amount (1,500 million) and obtained negative rates:. placed 550 million euros to six months at an average rate of -0.013% to EUR 1,250 million a year at an average rate of -0.001%
This was the last auction of BT expected in the first quarter, during which the agency led by Cristina Casalinho plans to issue 3,000 million and 3,750 million in Treasury Bills, through six short-term debt auctions, between six and 12 months.
MC (RCR / SP) // MSF
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