The government registered a marginal oversubscription of treasury bills auction to the tune of GH¢3.60 billion.
According to the auction results by the Bank Ghana, the government recorded 1.38% oversubscription of the T-bills sale.
Liquidity has been very tight on the money market for some time now.
Per the results of the auction, investors showed more interest in the 91-Day bill than the other financial instruments.
About GH¢2.761 billion, representing 76.61% came from the 3.0 months instrument. The uptake was the same as the bids tendered.
For the 182-Day bill, GH¢660.62 million of the bids were tendered and all were accepted.
About GH¢182.4 million were also tendered for the 364-Day Bill. Again, all the bids were accepted.
But there was mixed development with respect to the yield curve.
For the interest rates, the yield on the 91-Day Bill went up slightly to 24.86%, from 24.85% the previous week.
That of the 182-Day Bill dipped by 2.0 basis points to 26.80%.
Similarly, the yield on the 364-Day Bill also went down to 27.78%, from 27.81% the preceding week.
SECURITY | BIDS TENDERED (GH¢) | BIDS ACCEPTED (GH¢) |
91 Day Bill | 2.761bn | 2.761bn |
182 Day Bill | 660.62m | 660.62m |
364 Day Bill | 182.4m | 182.4m |
Total | 3.604bn | |
Target | 3.555bn | |
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