Nigeria raises 150.6 bln naira in Treasury bills

Nigeria raised 150.60 billion naira in Treasury bills, with yields mixed compared with the previous sale last month, the central bank said on Thursday.
The yield on the 3-month bill was stable at 10.09 percent, the same as at the April 22, auction. The central bank sold 45.17 billion naira in the 3-month paper.
A total of 23.43 billion naira was sold in the six months paper at 12.89 percent, higher than the 12.80 percent yield at the last auction, while 82 billion worth of the one-year paper was sold at 13.39 percent against 12.99 percent last month.
Investors - mostly domestic banks and pension funds - submitted bids worth a total of 329.97 billion naira against 669.66 billion naira at last month's auction.