The ÁKK sold HUF 8 bln of 2024/B bonds for 2020/A bonds, HUF 12 bln less than it originally offered, after bids reached only HUF 15.9 bln. The five-year bonds sold at an average yield of 2.75% at the switch auction.

The ÁKK also sold HUF 6.5 bln of 2026/D bonds for 2020/A bonds, down from its original offer of HUF 20 bln. Demand from primary dealers came to HUF 13.1 bln for the exchange. The bonds sold at an average yield of 3.48%.

The ÁKK accepted the 2020/A bonds as payment at a fixed yield of 1.22%.

Demand for 2026 bonds dropped and yields rose from the previous switch auction on August 22, when the ÁKK sold HUF 20 bln of the bonds at an average 3.27% yield. It also sold HUF 19 bln of 2028 bonds at an average yield of 3.40% on August 22.  

The debt manager last sold 2024/B bonds at a switch auction on June 27 at an average yield of 2.72%.

Of the closest secondary market benchmarks, the five-year benchmark calculated on 2024/C bonds was 2.89%, while the ten-year benchmark calculated on 2027/A bonds was 3.50% on Tuesday.