A total VND31 trillion (US$1.33 billion) was mobilised for the State Treasury through 15 Government bond auctions at the Hanoi Stock Exchange (HNX) in October, falling 47% from the previous month.

Some 74.4% of bidders won and interest rates of bonds fell in all terms, ranging from 0.13% to 0.24% a year.

On the secondary G-bond market, average trading volume reached over VND10.8 trillion per auction, up 15.6% month-on-month. Transacted volumes through repurchasing agreements (repos) accounted for 25.24% of the total trading value in the market.

Total outright purchases of G-bonds in October topped over 1.65 billion, valued at more than VND178.6 trillion, up 31% in value as compared to the previous month.

The Government bond volume via repos exceeded 535 million, or more than VND60.3 trillion, increasing 11.5% in value from September.

Foreign players made outright purchases of more than VND3.42 trillion, outright sales of over VND2.98 trillion, and repos sales of over VND99.4 billion. In October, foreign investors were net sellers to the tune of VND336 billion on the northern bourse.

As of October 30, G-bonds worth some VND1.3 quadrillion were listed on the HNX.