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Demand sags at record South African bond sale to help fund Eskom

6th August 2019

By: Bloomberg

  

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Demand at South Africa’s weekly bond auction fell after the country raised issuance to a record, partly to fund the rescue of troubled State-owned company Eskom Holdings.

Traders placed R10.3-billion rand of orders, or 2.3 times the R4.53-billion rand of securities on sale, at the scheduled weekly National Treasury auction on Tuesday, according to data published by the central bank. That compares with a bid-to-cover ratio of 3.3 at the previous sale on July 30. The average for the previous four auctions was 3.6.

The National Treasury raised the amount of bonds on sale at weekly auctions by 37%, from R3.3-billion previously, as a sluggish economy weighs on tax collection at a time when State-owned companies including Eskom are clamoring for bailouts. Bonds pared gains after the sale, with the yield on government debt due December 2026, one of the securities on sale, climbing two basis points from the pre-auction level to 8.41%. Yields on the 2030 and 2035 securities also climbed.

South African bonds have lost 5.4% this month in dollar terms, the worst performance among emerging-market sovereigns and more than the average loss of 1.8%, according to Bloomberg Barclays indexes.

Edited by Bloomberg

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