Dhaka, Bangladesh (BBN)– Bangladesh Bank held auction for BDT 2.525 billion in 182 days Treasury Bills on Monday last.
Fifteen bids that were offered of which, six bids amounting to BDT 1.225 billion were accepted, and bills worth BDT 1.275 billion were devolved on the primary dealers.
The central bank of Bangladesh also held auctions for BDT 5.140 billion in 05 years tenor Bangladesh Government Treasury Bonds (BGTB) on Sunday last and for BDT 1.608 billion in 20 years tenor BGTB on Tuesday last.
Nineteen and sixteen bids were offered with totals of BDT 5.140 billion and 1.608 billion respectively.
Of those, five bids amounting to BDT 1.46 billion were accepted and bonds worth BDT 2.54 billion were devolved on the primary dealers for the 05 years BGTB.
Two bids amounting to BDT 450 million were accepted and bonds worth BDT 800 million were devolved on the primary dealers for the 20 years tenor BGTB.
“The implicit yields for the tenors increased by forty, four and twenty basis points to 4.50, 8.00 and 9.45 percents respectively,” a treasury official told BBN in Dhaka.
BBN/AD/SSR-27Nov10-3:55 pm (BST)
