Debt managers, who had planned to sell 400 million lei, last tendered the paper in July at an average yield of 4.90 percent.

So far this year, Romania has sold just over 21.8 billion lei and 361 million euros of domestic debt. It also tapped foreign markets for 2.0 billion euros of 2028 and 2030 Eurobonds, as well as $1.2 billion of 2048 dollar bonds.