Bosnia's entity Republika Srpska raised 25.4 million Bosnian marka ($14 million) on Wednesday via an auction of three-year domestic bonds to help plug a budget gap in the absence of funds from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Bids for bonds, which carry a fixed annual coupon of 3.25 percent, totalled 60.8 million marka versus 25 million marka on offer, data from the Banja Luka Stock Exchange (BLSE) showed.
They sold at a weighted average yield of 2.74 percent, down from 4.22 percent at the previous sale of the three-year paper last February.
The entity is awaiting a loan instalment from the IMF, which last September approved a three-year extended loan arrangement for Bosnia worth 553.3 million euros ($595.02 million) to back the Balkan country's economic reforms.
The IMF has already disbursed 79.2 million euros. But to access the next tranche of 80 million euros, Bosnia must pass a law raising excise taxes, and its other entity must adopt a new banking law.
