February 14, 2025 03:11 GMT
JGBS AUCTION: PREVIEW: 5-Year JGB Auction
JGBS AUCTION
The Japanese Ministry of Finance (MoF) will today sell Y2.3tn of 5-Year JGBs. The MoF last sold 5-year debt on 14 January 2025, with the auction drawing cover of 3.8158x at an average yield of 0.876%, an average price of 100.11, a high yield of 0.878%, a low price of 100.10, with 28.5121% of bids allotted at the high yield.
- Last month’s 5-year bond auction demonstrated mixed demand metrics. The auction price surpassed dealer expectations. However, the cover ratio declined significantly to 3.8158x from 4.4177x. Meanwhile, the auction tail was unchanged compared to last month at 0.01.
- Today’s auction also comes after this month’s 10-year bond auction reflected mixed demand signals. The low price beat expectations, according to the Bloomberg dealer poll. However, the cover ratio declined to 3.1809x from 3.3570x in the previous auction and the tail lengthened slightly to 0.03 from 0.01.
- Results are due at 0335 GMT / 1235 JST.
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