| Table 17 : Secondary Market Activity | ||||||||
| Holdings | Amount | Amount | Amount | Amount of | Amount of | Total | Weighted | |
| of SMC | of Bills | of Bills | of Bills | Government | Government | volume of | average | |
| as at end | transacted | purchased | sold by | Securities | Securities | secondary | yield on | |
| of period | outside | by | SMC * | transacted | sold by | market | Bills sold | |
| SMC | SMC | outside SMC | SMC | transactions | by SMC | |||
| (Rs Million) | (% p.a.) | |||||||
| February 1999 | ||||||||
| Week 1 | 1,353 | 65 | 0 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 124 | 12.85 |
| Week 2 | 1,267 | 0 | 0 | 96 | 0 | 0 | 96 | 12.45 |
| Week 3 | 1,351 | 25 | 0 | 152 | 0 | 0 | 177 | 12.32 |
| Week 4 | 1,562 | 0 | 0 | 180 | 22 | 0 | 202 | 12.38 |
| Dec-97 | 292 | 0 | 398 | 208 | 0 | 0 | 606 | 8.83 |
| Jan-98 | 341 | 0 | 0 | 156 | 100 | 0 | 256 | 8.88 |
| Feb-98 | 213 | 180 | 50 | 580 | 0 | 21 | 831 | 8.90 |
| Mar-98 | 311 | 63 | 0 | 653 | 25 | 10 | 751 | 8.92 |
| Apr-98 | 573 | 9 | 375 | 521 | 14 | 10 | 929 | 8.97 |
| May-98 | 902 | 371 | 0 | 150 | 0 | 0 | 521 | 8.97 |
| Jun-98 | 745 | 907 | 0 | 173 | 0 | 0 | 1,080 | 9.07 |
| Jul-98 | 938 | 72 | 621 | 120 | 150 | 0 | 963 | 9.14 |
| Aug-98 | 957 | 193 | 25 | 514 | 0 | 0 | 732 | 9.36 |
| Sep-98 | 428 | 406 | 0 | 542 | 0 | 0 | 948 | 9.97 |
| Oct-98 | 1,009 | 330 | 53 | 372 | 164 | 0 | 919 | 9.91 |
| Nov-98 | 1,579 | 128 | 0 | 476 | 0 | 0 | 604 | 11.30 |
| Dec-98 | 1,301 | 55 | 69 | 914 | 0 | 0 | 1,038 | 12.40 |
| Jan-99 | 1,361 | 111 | 25 | 850 | 0 | 0 | 986 | 12.54 |
| Feb-99 | 1,562 | 90 | 0 | 487 | 22 | 0 | 599 | 12.43 |
| SMC : Secondary Market Cell of the Bank of Mauritius | ||||||||
| * : Includes Bills sold Over The Counter (OTC). | ||||||||