Bond yields were trading higher on profit-taking as the fall in retail inflation and rebound in industrial production were on expected lines. On the macro-front, in a double delight, India’s consumer price inflation eased at another all time low level since the launch of the new series of Consumer Price Index in 2012, at 5.52% in October as compared to 6.46% in September, while India’s annual industrial output growth, measured by index of industrial production (IIP), expanded more than expected at 2.5% in September after posting growth of 0.5% in August.
On the global front, US Treasuries prices traded mostly flat on Wednesday, erasing early gains, after the bond market absorbed $24 billion in new supply of benchmark US government debt. Meanwhile, brent crude traded around $80 a barrel on Thursday, near its lowest since 2010, after OPEC said demand for its oil would fall next year, while Saudi Arabia remained silent about a possible cut in production
Back home, the yields on new benchmark 8.40%-2024 bonds was trading 3 basis points higher at 8.19% from its previous close of 8.15% on Wednesday.
The benchmark five-year interest rate swaps were trading 3 basis points higher at 7.43% from its previous close of 7.40% on Wednesday.
The Government of India announce the sale of four dated securities for Rs 15,000 crore on November 14, 2014, which includes (i) 8.27% Government Stock 2020 for a notified amount of Rs 3000 crore, (ii) 8.40% Government Stock 2024 for a notified amount of Rs 7000 crore, (iii) 9.20% Government Stock 2030 for a notified amount of Rs 2,000 crore and lastly (iv) 9.23% Government Stock 2043 for a notified amount of Rs 3000 crore respectively.
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