Belgium Sells EUR5 Billion in New 10-Year Government Bond -- Update
January 18 2022 - 10:02AM
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By Emese Bartha
Belgium sold 5 billion euros ($5.70 billion) in new 10-year
government bonds with maturity in June 2032, garnering more than
EUR21 billion in demand by the close of order books, in a
syndicated transaction on Tuesday, one of the joint book-runner
banks said.
The bond has a 0.35% coupon, and it was priced at 99.868, at a
yield of 0.363%, said the same bank. The spread on the bond was set
6 basis points below midswaps.
The demand includes EUR1.9 billion joint lead manager interest,
the same bank said.
The book-runner banks of the deal are BNP Paribas Fortis, Citi,
J.P. Morgan, Natixis and Nomura.
Write to Emese Bartha at emese.bartha@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
January 18, 2022 09:47 ET (14:47 GMT)
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