S.Africa’s 3-mth T-Bill avg yield steady at 5.0 pct MyZA

JOHANNESBURG, Oct 19 (Reuters) - South Africa sold 2.685 billion rand
($310.88 million)worth of three-month Treasury Bills on Friday at an average
yield of 5.0 percent, barely changed from 5.01 percent last week. The
bid-to-cover ratio rose to 2.84 from 2.0.
    
 Auction date:     19-10-2012 
 Settlement date:  24-10-2012      
 Days                       91        182        273        364   
 Amount received (R'bln)    7.638     3.38       2.1        1.89   
 Amount allotted (R'bln)    2.685     1.515      1.13       0.88   
 Bid-to-cover ratio         2.84      2.23       1.86       2.15  
 Avg discount rate (pct)    4.94      4.94       4.88       4.81  
 Average yield (pct)        5.0       5.06       5.06       5.05 
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($1 = 8.6367 South African rand)

 (Reporting by Stella Mapenzauswa)