Advertisement
UK markets close in 3 hours 57 minutes
  • FTSE 100

    8,277.98
    +40.26 (+0.49%)
     
  • FTSE 250

    20,545.80
    +103.45 (+0.51%)
     
  • AIM

    772.92
    +0.35 (+0.05%)
     
  • GBP/EUR

    1.1800
    -0.0022 (-0.19%)
     
  • GBP/USD

    1.2665
    +0.0020 (+0.15%)
     
  • Bitcoin GBP

    48,170.23
    -2,574.85 (-5.07%)
     
  • CMC Crypto 200

    1,260.15
    -49.57 (-3.78%)
     
  • S&P 500

    5,464.62
    -8.55 (-0.16%)
     
  • DOW

    39,150.33
    +15.53 (+0.04%)
     
  • CRUDE OIL

    80.97
    +0.24 (+0.30%)
     
  • GOLD FUTURES

    2,337.50
    +6.30 (+0.27%)
     
  • NIKKEI 225

    38,804.65
    +208.18 (+0.54%)
     
  • HANG SENG

    18,027.71
    -0.81 (-0.00%)
     
  • DAX

    18,275.31
    +111.79 (+0.62%)
     
  • CAC 40

    7,692.33
    +63.76 (+0.84%)
     

South Africa's Eskom sells $20 mln in ES42 and EL30 bonds

Electricity pylons carry power from Cape Town's Koeberg nuclear power plant July 17, 2009. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings (Reuters)

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's Eskom sold 70 million rand of its ES42 bond at a clearing yield of 9.86 percent on Wednesday, compared with 10.12 percent at its previous sale. The utility also sold 130 million rand of the EL30 bond at 2.55 percent, compared with 2.53 percent at its previous sale on Aug 14. The 2042 bond drew a bid-to-cover ratio of 3.86, while the 2030 was 2.1 times covered.