Finance Ministry says to offer 420 bln rbl OFZ bonds in Oct–Dec

MOSCOW, Sep 30 (PRIME) -- Russia’s Finance Ministry plans to offer 420 billion rubles of OFZ government bonds at auctions in October–December, the ministry said on Monday.

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.

The ministry said previously that it fulfilled a 300 billion ruble July–September placement plan by 87.1%, selling securities worth 261.342 billion rubles. The annual plan of 2.262 trillion rubles was fulfilled by 73.5%.

(64.4156 rubles – U.S. $1)

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