Mauritius accepts bids for 91-day T-bills
12 years, 11 months ago - April 25, 2011
The Bank of Mauritius sold 91-day Treasury bills after having rejected all bids for the last nine weeks
The Bank of Mauritius sold 45 million rupees worth of 91-day Treasury bills on Friday after having rejected all bids for the last nine weeks.
It also sold 364-day bills, but there were no bids for its 182-day paper.
Overall the bank sold 1 billion rupees ($36.30 million) of 91-day and 364-day bills, at yields of 2.78 percent and 4.23 percent respectively, with the bulk bought in the longer maturity.
Just 45 million of the 91-day paper, on which yields sank to a record low of 1.73 percent at a Feb 11 auction, was sold.
The central bank said last month it would cap commercial banks' holdings of Treasury bills from this month to spur lending to the private sector.
The central bank also raised banks' reserve requirements to 7 percent from 6 percent last month, citing the need to tackle excess liquidity.
