Bond yields were trading higher in range-bound trade on Tuesday in absence of fresh triggers. However, further gains of yields remained limited as sentiment remained bullish as oil prices remained low. The yields were trading higher also in the previous trading session on account of incremental profit-taking activities by participants after recent rally after exchange data showed that global funds purchased $1.3 billion more rupee-denominated sovereign and corporate debt than they sold last week through January 15, which took inflows to this month to $1.8 billion.
On the global front, Financial Markets were shut on Monday for the Martin Luther King holiday. Meanwhile, Brent crude oil prices fell below $49 a barrel and U.S. crude also fell more than $1 on Monday after the global economic outlook darkened and Iraq announced record oil production.
Back home, the yields on new 10 year Government Stock 2023 was trading 1 basis point higher at 7.73% from its previous close of 7.72% on Monday.
The benchmark five-year interest rate swaps were trading steady at Monday’s close of 6.86%.
The Reserve Bank of India has announced the auction of 91 & 364 days day Government of India Treasury Bills for notified amount of Rs 8,000 crore and Rs 6,000 crore respectively. The auction will be conducted on January 21, 2015 using 'Multiple Price Auction' method.
The Reserve Bank of India will conduct overnight repo variable rate auction for a notified amount of Rs 10,000 crore on January 20, 2015, Tuesday. The auction will be conducted between 4.00 pm and 4.30 pm as per the revised guidelines on Term Repo Auctions issued on February 13, 2014.
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