At the scheduled auction on the placement of government bonds, the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine attracted UAH 709.664 mln, Finance.ua reports.
As reported on the site of the Ministry, UAH 268.784 mln were attracted as the result of the sale of hryvnia bonds with the circulation period of 6 months with the weighted average return of 14.3% per annum, other UAH 440.880 mln – bonds for the period of 1 year with the revenue of 15.2% per annum. The placement of hryvnia bonds with circulation period of 3 and 9 months did not happen.
As reported, in Q1 2017, the Ministry of Finance plans to place UAH bonds with circulation periods of 3, 6, 9 and 12 months as well as circulation periods of 2-3 years. The placement of currency bonds is not planned.
As of February 21, the amount of government bonds in circulation on the principal amount of the debt was UAH 674.490 bln; meanwhile, the National Bank of Ukraine owns the bonds, amounting to UAH 382.074 bln, or 56.6% from their total volume.
