| 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.) | ||||||||
| May 1999 | |||||||||
| Week 1 | 1,703 | 87 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 131 | 12.82 | |
| Week 2 | 1,677 | 48 | 0 | 196 | 0 | 0 | 244 | 12.51 | |
| Week 3 | 1,465 | 8 | 0 | 229 | 0 | 0 | 237 | 12.61 | |
| Week 4 | 1,299 | 48 | 21 | 303 | 0 | 0 | 372 | 12.57 | |
| Week 5 | 1,349 | 0 | 63 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 12.62 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| SMC : Secondary Market Cell of the Bank of Mauritius. | * : Includes Bills sold Over The Counter (OTC). | ||||||||