ROME, March 9 (Reuters) - Italy's Treasury said on
Thursday it was keeping the real coupon of its new 'BTP Italia'
inflation-linked bond unchanged at 2%.
The 5-year BTP Italia bond, which pays a premium over the
domestic inflation rate, is being offered on Thursday to
institutional investors, from 0900 GMT to 1100 GMT.
In the three days of the offer to retail clients, orders for
the bond reached 8.56 billion euros ($9.04 billion).
($1 = 0.9472 euros)
(Reporting by Antonella Cinelli, editing by Gavin Jones)
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