France to sell 8-9.5bn euros of bonds at auction

PARIS: France will sell between 7 and 8 billion euros of medium-term fixed-rate bonds and between 1 and 1.5 billion euros of inflation-linked OAT bonds at auction on April 18, the government's debt agency said on Friday.

The lines on offer will be the 0.25 percent November 2015 OAT bond and the 1.0 percent May 2018 OAT, Agence France Tresor said.

The 0.45 percent July 2016 BTANi, the 0.10 percent July 2021 OATi and the 1.85 percent July 27 OATei will also be offered, the agency said.