Today, 9 May 2012, an auction was held by Central Bank of Iceland in which the Bank offered to purchase euros versus payment in the indexed Treasury series RIKS 33 0321. This measure is an element in the removal of restrictions on capital account transactions and will reduce the annual Treasury’s refinancing need. Bonds sold in the series amounted to 3,020,959,328 kr. nominal value.

The accepted exchange rate in the auction was 238.8 krona for each Euro.

On 3 May the fixed price for this Treasury bond was announced as 102.090153 per nominal unit with accrued interest and indexation (e. dirty price) with a settlement date of 11 May 2012 (yield 3.00%)^{1
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