Jan-May Panda Bond issuance at 132.98B yuan; 17 foreign institutions entered market; financial market stable

Beijing, June 25 (Reporter Xu Peiyu) - Recent data from the People's Bank of China shows that China's financial market has been operating smoothly this year. In the first five months, Panda bonds cumulative issuance reached 132.98 billion yuan, with 17 new foreign institutions entering the interbank bond market.

  By end-May, bond market custody balance was 202.6 trillion yuan. In May, net financing of government bonds was 1,223.55 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 234.98 billion yuan; net financing of corporate bonds was 168.04 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 18.39 billion yuan.

  In May, China's money market interbank lending daily average turnover was 417.28 billion yuan, up 18.5% year-on-year; interbank market bond repurchase daily average turnover was 7.4 trillion yuan, up 8.1% year-on-year.

  In May, commercial bill acceptance amount was 4.4 trillion yuan, discount amount was 3.7 trillion yuan. By end-May, commercial bill acceptance balance was 22.0 trillion yuan, up 9.8% year-on-year; discount balance was 17.2 trillion yuan, up 13.1% year-on-year.

  In May, treasury futures market turnover was 9.9 trillion yuan, up 29.4% year-on-year