Bond market records Rwf8.5m

The bond market recorded over Rwf8.5 million during yesterday’s trading session, the Rwanda Stock Exchange (RSE) daily market report for Monday indicates.

Monday, October 17, 2016

The bond market recorded over Rwf8.5 million during yesterday’s trading session, the Rwanda Stock Exchange (RSE) daily market report for Monday indicates. 

Over Rwf6.9 million was realised from 6.5 million worth of bonds at Rwf106.6 for the seven-year (FXD4/2014/7yrs) government paper, while the 10-year (FXD2/2015/10yrs) TB recorded Rwf1.6 million from 1.7 million worth of bonds at Rwf107. The Treasury bills were sold in two deals, according to the RSE report.

Meanwhile, the Rwanda Share Index and All Share Index were unchanged at 129.27 and 128.42 points, respectively, on Monday, with the equity market quiet.Bank of Kigali closed at Rwf268, Crystal Telecom was at Rwf72, Bralirwa at Rwf143, while Equity Bank was at Rwf334, NMG was at Rwf1,200, KCB at Rwf330, and Uchumi Supermarkets at Rwf104.

At the end of the formal trading hours, there were outstanding offers of 2,968,300 shares at Bank of Kigali counter between Rwf264 and Rwf280, Bralirwa had offers of 8,700 shares, ranging from Rwf143-144, while the Crystal Telecom counter received outstanding offers of 212,000 shares between Rwf70 and Rwf77. All the three counters did not get any bids.

On the bond market, there were outstanding bids for Rwf45 million worth of bonds between Rwf100.5 and Rwf104, but there were no interested investors.