Interest up at 3-yr bond auction

(ANSA) - Rome, October 13 - The Treasury offloaded all 3.5 billion euros of the three-year BTP bonds that it put up for auction on Monday, but the average interest rate rose to 0.70% from 0.52% at an equivalent sale last month. The Treasury also sold two billion euros' worth of seven-year bonds at 1.71% and 1.25 billion euros' worth of 30-year bonds at 3.66%.