The MNB allotted HUF 6.25 bln of one-month swaps and HUF 14.70 bln of 12-month swaps against euros at the tender. However, the total stock will increase only slightly as HUF 15.64 bln of three-month swaps and HUF 3.1 bln of six-month swaps will mature on March 28, the value date of the tender.
The tender will bring the composition of the stock to HUF 6 bln of one-month, HUF 25 bln of three-month, HUF 45 bln of six-month, and HUF 1,452 bln of 12-month swaps.
The central bank introduced the tenders for the FX swaps in the autumn of 2016 as an instrument for managing market liquidity after it put a cap on placements in three-month deposits, its main sterilization instrument, MTI recalled.



