Fin Ministry to offer OFZ of 2 issues at auctions Wednesday

MOSCOW, Oct 15 (PRIME) -- The Russian Finance Ministry will offer OFZ government bonds of two issues at auctions on Wednesday, the ministry said in a statement on Tuesday.

The ministry will reopen OFZ 26230 bonds maturing in March 2039 and 5.355 billion ruble inflation-bound OFZ 52002 bonds maturing in February 2028.

The ministry said earlier it plans to offer a total of 420 billion rubles of OFZ bonds at auctions in October–December. The approximate volume of the OFZ bond offering with maturity of up to five years amounts to 100 billion rubles, with maturity of five to 10 years to 160 billion rubles, and with maturity of over 10 years to 160 billion rubles.

(64.3652 rubles – U.S. $1)

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