Dec. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Germany got bids for 8.67 billion euros ($11.6 billion) of five-year notes at an auction today, more than the maximum sales target of 5 billion euros, the Bundesbank said in a statement today.

The notes were sold to yield 1.11 percent.

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