Banks offered RON1.14 billion, central bank data showed.

At the previous similar tender May 29, the ministry sold RON300 million in five-year paper at an average yield of 4.53% a year.

The ministry plans to sell state treasuries worth RON2.98 billion in June, down from RON3.75 billion raised a month earlier.

So far in 2013, the Romania sold RON25.17 billion in leu-denominated notes and EUR1.08 billion at two euro-denominated auctions on the local market. Additionally, the ministry tapped international markets for $1.5 billion at a US dollar-bond auction in February. (EUR1=RON4.409)