Debt managers, who had planned to sell 600 million lei, last sold the paper in October at 5.15 percent.

Romania has sold 38.9 billion lei and 361 million euros of domestic debt this year. The finance ministry has also tapped foreign markets for 3.75 billion euros of 2028, 2029, 2030, 2039 Eurobonds and $1.2 billion of 2048 dollar bonds.