The ÁKK sold HUF 20 bln of 2021/A floating-rate bonds, accepting 2018/D bonds as payment. The ÁKK also sold HUF 20 bln of 2024/B bonds for 2019/C bonds. It had offered to sell HUF 20 bln of bonds in both cases.
Demand by primary dealers for the floating-rate 2021/A bonds came to HUF 40.7 bln. Demand for the 2024/B bonds was HUF 45.7 bln.
The 2024 bonds had an average yield of 2.84% at the switch auction.
The average yield at which the 2018/D bonds will be calculated during the exchange will be based on the 3-month interbank offered rate as published by the National Bank of Hungary (MNB) on April 19. The yield of the 2019/C bonds calculated as payment was fixed at 0.40%.
Of the closest secondary market benchmarks, the ten-year benchmark calculated on 2027/A bonds was 3.27%, the five-year benchmark calculated on 2022/B bonds was 2.06%, and the three-year benchmark calculated on 2020/C bonds was 1.05% on Tuesday.
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