The ministry planned to sell RON500 million at today’s auction, while book orders amounted to RON1.22 billion, central bank data showed.
The bond, which was launched in July, was last reopened in October 24, when the ministry raised RON593.8 million at an average yield of 3.93% a year.
The issue will be reopened tomorrow in a bid to raise RON75 million at a supplementary non-competitive sale.
The ministry plans to sell RON3.6 billion in state treasuries in November.
So far in 2014, the country sold RON34.3 billion in leu-denominated notes and EUR928.7 million at four euro-denominated auctions on the local market.
The ministry also tapped international markets for $2 billion at a two-part U. S. dollar bond issue in January, and raised EUR2.25 billion in two 10-year Eurobond sales. (EUR1=RON4.4133)