March 8 (Reuters) - Portugal sold a total of 915 million
euros ($964.59 million) of 2032 and 2035 bonds, just below the
maximum amount of 1 billion euros on offer in an auction on
Wednesday, the state debt agency IGCP said.
The allotment yield on the bond maturing in 2032 rose to
3.549% from 3.172% in the previous auction of the same maturity
in February, while the 2035 bond yielded 3.744%, which compares
to just 1.154% in the last auction of a similar maturity a year
ago.
The IGCP sold 397 million euros of the 2032 maturity and 518
million euros of the 2035 bond, with demand exceeding the amount
placed by 2.58 times on the shorter maturity and by 2.27 times
on the 2035 one.
($1 = 0.9486 euros)
(Reporting by Joao Manuel Mauricio in Gdansk, editing by Andrei
Khalip)
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