The ministry planned to sell debt worth RON700 million. Banks offered RON926 million, central bank data showed.
At the previous similar auction June 16, the ministry sold RON330 million in five-year paper at an average annual yield of 7.34%.
The ministry plans to sell debt worth RON4 billion in August, slightly down from RON4.24 billion sold a month earlier.
So far this year, Romania sold around RON38.4 billion (EUR9 billion) in leu-denominated state notes. Additionally, two foreign currency bond auctions have brought the ministry EUR1.4 billion, while an international debt sale early June raised EUR1.5 billion. (EUR1=RON4.2236)