The average yield was 3.92%, unchanged from Monday, when the ministry sold RON755.1 million in the reopening of the three-year bond.

The Finance Ministry plans to raise EUR200 million in a 5-year Eurobond at a local auction scheduled for January 23. Apart from the Eurobond, the ministry plans to sell leu-denominated treasuries worth RON4.03 billion in January in 12 auctions.

Romania sold RON48.54 billion in leu-denominated notes in 2013, down from RON58.2 billion in the previous year. It also raised EUR1.57 billion at four euro-denominated auctions on the local market.

Moreover, the country tapped international debt markets for $1.5 billion at a US dollar-bond sale in February and raised another EUR2 billion at two Eurobond sales in September and October, respectively. (EUR1=RON4.501)