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China finance ministry to auction 15bn yuan 9-month bills

Published June 6, 2013 Updated June 6, 2013 05:44am

SHANGHAI: China's Ministry of Finance said on Thursday that it will auction 15 billion yuan ($2.5 billion) in nine-month government bills on June 14.

After the auction, the bills will be issued from June 17 to 19 and begin secondary market trading on June 21, it said in a statement published on the ministry's website.