Table 17 : Secondary Market Activity

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.)
July 1999
Week 1	1,320	13	0	0	0	0	13	-
Week 2	1,296	0	0	85	0	0	85	12.48
Week 3	1,494	20	0	220	0	0	240	12.63
Week 4	1,540	17	0	114	0	0	131	12.49
Week 5	1,522	0	1	133	0	0	134	12.50
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
Mar-99	1,255	97	169	783	0	0	1,049	12.63
Apr-99	1,208	123	0	716	0	0	839	12.73
May-99	1,349	191	84	782	0	0	1,057	12.58
Jun-99	1,320	90	135	1,824	0	0	2,049	12.61
Jul-99	1,522	50	1	552	0	0	603	12.54
SMC : Secondary Market Cell of the Bank of Mauritius.					* : Includes Bills sold Over The Counter (OTC).