Bond yields largely steady after the release of five year low WPI data

14 Nov 2014 Evaluate

Bond yields were largely steady on Friday after India's main inflation gauge, based on monthly WPI, easing to lowest level since October 2009 stood at 1.77% for the month of October as compared to 2.38% in the previous month. The latest data strengthened the case for RBI considering the case for rate cut in its upcoming monetary policy since central bank takes into consideration both Retail and WPI inflation while deciding upon its monetary policy.

On the global front, US long-dated Treasuries prices edged lower on Thursday ahead of an auction of $16 billion in bonds, while prices on other Treasury maturities were little changed following U.S. jobless claims data. Meanwhile, brent crude edged above $78 a barrel on Friday but remained close to a four-year low because of concern over excess supply and uncertainty over whether oil cartel OPEC would cut production at a meeting in two weeks.

Back home, the yields on new benchmark 8.40%-2024 bonds was trading steady at Thursday’s close of 8.22%.

The benchmark five-year interest rate swaps were trading 2 basis points lower at 7.44% from its previous close of 7.46% on Thursday.

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.

The Reserve Bank of India will conduct three day reverse repo variable rate auction for a notified amount of Rs 10,000 crore today (November 14, 2014, Friday). The auction will be conducted between 4.00 p.m. and 4.30 p.m. as per the revised guidelines on Term Repo Auctions issued on February 13, 2014.

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