Mauritius 91-day Treasury bill yield edges up to 2.72 pct

A Mauritian man rides his motorbike past Mauritius' central bank in the capital Port Louis, September 18, 2007. Mauritian banking has been one of the Indian Ocean island's success stories in the past 15 years, boosted by a tax treaty with India. REUTERS/Ed Harris (MAURITIUS)

PORT LOUIS (Reuters) - The weighted average yield on Mauritius's 91-day Treasury bill rose to 2.72 percent at auction from 2.70 percent at the last sale on April 11, the central bank said on Monday. The Bank of Mauritius sold all the 1 billion rupees ($28.65 million) worth of the debt it had offered. Complete auction results were as follows: MATURITY 91-DAY 182-DAY 364-DAY WEIGHTED AVERAGE PRICE THIS AUCTION 99.326 98.623 97.133 LAST AUCTION 99.321 98.628 97.142 WEIGHTED AVERAGE YIELD(PCT) THIS AUCTION 2.72 2.80 2.96 LAST AUCTION 2.70 2.79 2.95 BIDS ACCEPTED (MLN RUPEES) 346.1 351.5 302.4 ($1 = 34.9000 Mauritius rupees) (Reporting by Jean Paul Arouff; Editing by George Obulutsa)