SOUTH African bonds were marginally stronger late on Wednesday as investors bought safe-haven assets such as bonds, gold and dollars, amid risk-off trade in the aftermath of the Brexit vote.At 3.43pm the benchmark R186 bond was bid at 8.810% and offered at 8.790% from the previous close of 8.835%.The middle-dated R207 was bid at 8.175% and offered at 8.160% from 8.205% previously.The rand was trading at R14.8362 to the dollar from R14.7431 to the greenback at its previous close. It touched a weakest level of R14.9522/$ earlier in the day.On the international front, a rally in Japanese government bonds broke new ground on Wednesday as the yield on the 20-year Japanese debt fell below zero for the first time, due to investor unease about the world economy, Dow Jones Newswires reported.The US 10-year treasury yield was down for the day at 1.345% from 1.367% on Tuesday and in Australia, the 10-year yield fell to a record low of 1.861% on Wednesday, the newswire said.
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