Spanish treasury places 5.01 bln USD on market
Xinhua, September 2, 2016 Adjust font size:
The Spanish treasury on Thursday placed treasury bonds worth 4.480 billion euros (5.01 billion U.S. dollars).
A total of 2.011 billion euros worth of three-year bonds carried an average interest rate of minus 0.098 percent and a further 1.319 billion euros worth of 10-year bonds fetched an average interest rate of 1.095 percent.
The treasury also placed 648 million euros worth of 30-year lifespan that carried an average interest rate of 2.115 percent, while the placement also included 502 million euros of inflation-linked bonds that fetched an average interest rate of 0.485 percent.
The Spanish treasury will hold three auctions more in September. (1 euro = 1.12 U.S. dollars) Endite