Greece on Tuesday successfully auctioned a six-month Treasury bill issue draining 1.138 billion euros from the market at a slightly lower cost.

The Public Debt Management Organization said the interest rate of the issue was set at 2.0% from 2.02% in the previous auction of same issue in August 5.

The organization will also accept non-competitive bids up to 30% of the asked sum by Thursday, 4 September.