Egypt government bonds · settlement 8 May 2012 · EGP
Egypt 5-year bond auction, settlement 8 May 2012: 16.62%
One bond line from the Central Bank of Egypt (for the Ministry of Finance)’s own result. Rates are the weighted average yield of accepted bids, percent per annum; fixed-coupon, zero-coupon and floating-rate bonds. The date is the settlement date, when the bonds were paid for and issued (8 May 2012), not the auction day, which came a few days earlier. Information, not advice.
Headline: 5-year fixed-rate bond
16.62%
Largest amount accepted at this settlement date
Change vs previous 5-year fixed-rate sale
+7.9 bp
16.54% on 24 Apr 2012
Accepted
EGP 500m
Against EGP 1.5bn on offer
Bid cover
4.26×
Bids of EGP 2.1bn ÷ accepted
Results
The line sold
Amounts in EGP millions. Change is in basis points (100 bp = 1 percentage point) from the previous sale of the same tenor and coupon type, whenever it was. Bid cover is bids received divided by the amount accepted.
- 5-year fixed-rateEGBGR00741F1matures 10 Apr 2017
- Sale
- reopening
- Coupon
- 16.623%
- Rate
- 16.623%
- Bid range
- 16.55–16.64%
- Previous
- 16.544% 2012-04-24
- Change, bp
- +7.9
- Offered, EGPm
- 1,500
- Bids, EGPm
- 2,132
- Accepted, EGPm
- 500
- Bid cover
- 4.26×
- Source
- notice
| Bond | Sale | Coupon | Rate | Bid range | Previous | Change, bp | Offered, EGPm | Bids, EGPm | Accepted, EGPm | Bid cover | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5-year fixed-rateEGBGR00741F1matures 10 Apr 2017 | reopening | 16.623% | 16.623% | 16.55–16.64% | 16.544% 2012-04-24 | +7.9 | 1,500 | 2,132 | 500 | 4.26× | notice |
Source notice: cbe.org.eg. Compiled by Afronomics, data updated 2026-11-03. Information, not advice.
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Afronomics (2026). Egypt government bond auction, settlement 8 May 2012, compiled from the Central Bank of Egypt (for the Ministry of Finance). Retrieved 5 November 2026, from https://www.afronomicsfeed.com/markets/bonds/egypt/2012-05-08