That is same as the 1.5 billion euros maturing from the previous long-term refinancing option. The 7-day tender is slightly lower than the 6.6 billion maturing from last week.

Forecasts in the poll of 18 euro money market traders and analysts ranged from 1.0 billion to 2.0 billion euros for the LTRO and 6.0 billion to 7.5 billion euros for the week-long tender.

(Reporting by Mumal Rathore; Polling by Indradip Ghosh and Manjul Paul; Editing by Alison Williams)