Bank of America, BlackRock, Nationwide Building, Main Street, Ontario price

By Cristal Cody

Tupelo, Miss., April 17 – Deal volume continued at a strong pace on Wednesday in the high-grade primary market with more than $6 billion of bonds priced.

Bank of America Corp. sold $4.5 billion of notes in two tranches on Wednesday, a source said. Final pricing details were not immediately available.

Also during the session, BlackRock Inc. priced $1 billion of 10-year senior notes.

Nationwide Building Society brought $1 billion of four-year notes to the primary market.

Main Street Capital Corp. upsized an offering of five-year notes by $100 million to $250 million.

In addition, the Province of Ontario sold $1.75 billion of three-year bonds.

Volume is expected to thin after Wednesday with the bond markets scheduled to close early at 2 p.m. ET on Thursday and remain closed on Friday for the Good Friday holiday.

Week to date, corporate issuers have priced about $19 billion of high-grade notes, beating market forecasts of about $10 billion to $15 billion of issuance for the week.

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