Turkish Treasury borrows nearly $1.11B through auctions

By Aysu Bicer

ANKARA (AA) - The Turkish Treasury borrowed around 9.4 billion Turkish liras ($1.11 billion) from domestic markets, according to a statement Tuesday.

The Treasury and Finance Ministry announced that 2 billion Turkish liras ($237 million) in nine-year fixed coupon rate government bonds were sold.

The total tender amounted to 4 billion Turkish liras ($474 million), with a 50.8% accepted/tendered rate.

The Treasury said the term rate of the 3,374 government bonds was accepted at 8.39%, while the annual simple and compound interest rates were 16.78% and 17.48%, respectively.

Treasury bills will be settled Wednesday and mature on Nov.13, 2030.

In a second auction, 10-year CPI-indexed government bonds (reopen, semiannually) were sold in an auction – totaling 7.41 billion Turkish liras ($876 million).

According to the ministry, the total tender in the second auction amounted to 11.12 billion Turkish liras ($1.3 billion), with a 66.7% accepted/tendered rate.

The term rate of the 3,570-day government bonds was accepted at 1.60% of the periodic interest rate, while the annual simple and compound interest rates were 3.20% and 3.23%, respectively.

The bills will be settled Wednesday and mature on May 28, 2031.