ROME, March 8 (Reuters) - Italy sold 8.56 billion euros
($9.03 billion) of its latest BTP Italia inflation-linked bond
due in March 2028 in the three days of a retail offer, data by
Italy's bourse showed on Wednesday.
The bond outperformed the November issue of a similar note,
with a 6-year maturity.
Italy sold 1.99 billion euros of the new BTP Italia on
Wednesday, the last day of the retail offer.
On Thursday the Treasury will set the bond's final real
coupon just before starting the institutional sale. It can
either confirm 2.0% or raise it. Professional buyers can place
orders from 0900 to 1100 GMT.
Italy raised about 1.85 billion euros on the third day of
the retail offer of the November issue, with total orders from
retail investors at 7.27 billion euros. Including institutional
investors, the overall demand at the last edition hit 12 billion
euros.
(Reporting by Valentina Consiglio, editing by Gianluca
Semeraro)
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