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By 09:00 the short-term government R154 bond was bid at 6.680% after closing at 6.660% on Friday and the medium-term R157 was at 7.930% from 7.910% at its previous close. The long-term R186 was bid at 8.955 from 8.925 at its previous close.
The rand
was bid at R7.6930 to the dollar from R7.7311 at its previous close.
A local trader said bonds were
flat and "pretty-much" unchanged from Friday's closing levels.
"A very quiet start to the day, bonds are pretty much at the same levels they were last week Friday. There's not much activity planned for today, so we'll keep an eye on the rand." said a local trader.
With no
local economic data due out on Monday, local markets will eye their global
counterparts for direction.
Foreigners were net buyers of R717.265m of South African bonds including repo transactions on Friday after net purchases of R450.017m of local bonds on Thursday, Bond Exchange of South Africa statistics show.
Nominal
cumulative volume was R32.087bn on Friday from R37.202bn on
Thursday.
Foreigners were net buyers of R717.302m of South African bonds excluding repo transactions on Friday after net purchases of R451.941m of local bonds on Thursday.
In the year to date foreigners have been net buyers of R38.257bn worth of local bonds, excluding repo transactions.
So far for total transactions, including repo transactions, foreigners have been net buyers of R33.831bn worth of bonds.
In 2009 foreigners were net buyers of R27.755bn worth of local bonds, excluding repo transactions, while for total transactions, including repo transactions, foreigners were net sellers of R2.424bn worth of bonds.
- I-Net Bridge
