PORT LOUIS, Dec 7 (Reuters) - The weighted average yield on Mauritius' 182-day Treasury bills edged down to 2.94 percent at an oversubscribed auction on Friday from 2.96 percent at a sale on Nov. 8, the central bank said.

The Bank of Mauritius received bids worth 510 million rupees ($16.53 million) for the 400 million rupees worth of bills on offer. It accepted offers worth 265 million rupees.

Investors put in offers with yields ranging from 3.25 percent to 2.89 percent. ($1 = 30.8500 Mauritius rupees)

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