RBA buys A$600M of semis

By Sophia Rodrigues

Published On 06 May 2020 , 05:07 PM

The RBA bought A$600 million of semis via bond-buying auction today within the maturity January 2021 to December 2023. This is the lowest amount of purchase of semis the RBA has done so far.

 
Issuer Coupon
%
Maturity
mm/yy
Amount purchased
(face value) $m
Weighted average yield
%
Cut-off yield
%
NSWT 4.00 04/21 10 0.3800 0.3800
TCV 2.25 10/21 85 0.3693 0.3650
TCV 6.00 10/22 92 0.3946 0.3900
TCV 1.00 11/23 83 0.5034 0.5000
QTC 4.25 07/23 171 0.5165 0.5150
WATC 2.75 10/22 99 0.4576 0.4500
ACT 4.25 04/22 14 0.5325 0.5325
ACT 1.00 04/23 5 0.6100 0.6100
SAFA 5.00 05/21 41 0.3850 0.3850

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