Banks offered RON1.13 billion at today’s tender, central bank data showed.
At the latest similar tender August 8, the ministry sold RON300 million in 10-year paper at an average yield of 4.97% a year.
The ministry sold state treasuries worth RON3.82 billion in September, just shy of its RON3.87 billion target.
Also in September, the ministry sold EUR1.5 billion of euro-denominated bonds in international markets at a record yield low of 4.77% a year. The seven-year bond was heavily oversubscribed.
So far in 2013, Romania sold roughly RON34.5 billion in leu-denominated notes and EUR1.41 billion at three euro-denominated auctions on the local market. The ministry also tapped international markets for $1.5 billion at a US dollar-bond sale in February. (EUR1=RON4.4635)