BB auction

The 276th auction of the 28-day, 91-day, 182-day, 364-day, 2-year and 5-year treasury bills was held here yesterday.

Tk 425.39 crore, Tk 30.00 crore, Tk 60.00 crore, Tk 46.10 crore, Tk 15.00 crore and Tk 355.20 crore were offered respectively for the 28-day, 91-day, 182-day, 364-day, 2-year and 5-year bills.

Of these, Tk 370.39 crore, Tk 25.00 crore, Tk 55.00 crore, Tk 11.10 crore and Tk 307.20 crore in total of Tk 768.69 crore of the 28-day, 91-day, 182-day, 364-day and 5-year bills were accepted respectively.

The range of implicit yields of the accepted bids was 3.90-4.10 per cent, 5.10 per cent, 6.00 per cent, 6.50 per cent and 8.00-8.08 per cent per annum respectively.

The bids offered for the 2-year bill were not accepted.

Mentionable that bills worth Tk 263.60 crore will retire in the current week and net issuance would increase by Tk 505.09 crore during this week, said a press release.