Greece sold 1.3 billion euros ($1.7 billion) of six-month T-bills on Tuesday, with the yield easing by 25 basis points from a previous auction in March.
The sale’s bid-cover ratio was 2.62, down from 2.63 in the March 6 auction. Greece paid a yield of 4.55 percent, down from 4.80 percent in the previous auction, the debt agency said.
Monthly T-bill sales are Greece’s sole source of market funding. Greek banks traditionally buy the bulk of the T-bill issues, meaning funding costs do not fully reflect market strains.
Tuesday’s auction will fund the rollover of an issue that falls due on April 17.
(source: Reuters)
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