The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) raised the central exchange rate by 10 to 25,273, Thursday, while the Google Finance mid-market rate climbed to 26,432.44, up 42.
The black market rate held at 26,510/26,580, narrowing the premium over the official rate to 0.43 percent from 0.59 percent the day before.
Liquidity operations
The SBV sharply expanded liquidity support with 7-day repos jumping from US$56.95 million to US$322.18 million, 14-day repos from US$75.68 million to US$620.60 million, and 28-day repos from US$26.54 million to US$54.23 million.
The 91-day repo line was steady at about US$64.96 million.
No 7-day T-bills were issued.
Interbank rates
Interbank rates diverged.
Overnight rates fell sharply to 3.78 percent, down from 4.46 percent.
The 1-week tenor also eased to 4.29 percent.
By contrast, 2-week rates edged up to 4.94 percent, and 1-month rates rose to 5.17 percent.
Three- and six-month rates dipped slightly to 5.38 and 5.82 percent respectively.
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