Bond yields were trading lower tailing falling crude oil prices and after reports suggested of Finance Minister Arun Jaitley favoring interest rate cut to revive the economy. However, last month, the RBI sent a strong signal that it would refrain from cutting interest rates until the central bank was confident that consumer inflation could be cut to a target of 6% by January 2016.
On the global front, U.S. Treasuries prices ended little changed on Friday as news that suggested the Ebola infection is not spreading in the United States and hurting the economy reduced earlier safe-haven demand for low-risk government bonds. Meanwhile, brent crude futures fell below $86 a barrel on Monday after Goldman Sachs cut its price forecasts for the contract and for U.S. oil in the first quarter of next year by $15.
Back home, the yields on new benchmark 8.40%- 2024 bonds was trading 3 basis point lower at 8.33% from its previous close of 8.36% on Wednesday.
The benchmark five-year interest rate swaps were trading flat at Wednesday’s close of 7.48%.
The Reserve Bank of India has announced the auction of 364 and 91 day Government of India Treasury Bills for notified amount of Rs 6,000 crore and Rs 9000 crore respectively. The auction will be conducted on October 29, 2014 using 'Multiple Price Auction' method.
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