The tender attracted lots of interest and the bank offers totaled RON1.17 billion, while the maximum accepted yield was at 1.88%, central bank data showed.
The bond issue was last reopened in October 2014, when the average yield stood at 2.92%. Since then, interest rates on the Romanian market went down, and yields at medium term bond tenders are now around 2%.
So far this year, the ministry raised around RON18.3 billion at bond auctions on local market.