TIRANA, June 16 /ATA/ – The Bank of Albania offered investors 4.5 billion leks worth of seven-year Treasury notes at its latest auction this week, with the total bid amounting to around 5.6 billion lek, central bank data showed.
The coupon on the issue remained unchanged from the previous auction in March at 4.25%, slightly lower compared with the 4.38 interest rate set at the previous auction of seven-year government securities held in September 2020.
According to the Financial Supervision Authority (FSA), the T-notes purchases in the primary market by individuals amounted to 2.73 billion lek or about 22 million euros in the first quarter of 2021.
Statistics show that households’ investments in these instruments increased by 25.2% compared to the same period of the previous year.
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