Bond yields ebbed to a week’s low level on account of prevailing caution ahead of budget 2015-16, scheduled next week. The yields are expected to remain in tight range of 7.65%-7.75% until then. Meanwhile, domestic debt market was shut for trade on Thursday for a local holiday.
On the global front, U.S. Treasury debt prices fell on Thursday after better-than-expected weekly jobless figures shifted sentiment in favour of a start to Fed interest-rate increases sooner than later. Meanwhile, Oil markets edged up on Friday to halt a two-day drop, helped by expectations that data later in the day would show a continuing decline in the US oil rig count, a clear sign of the pressure the tumble in crude has put on oil producers.
Back home, the yields on new 10 year Government Stock 2023 fell to a week low level of 7.69%. The yields closed at 7.71% on Wednesday.
The benchmark five-year interest rate swaps were trading 1 basis point lower at 6.92% from its previous close of 6.93% on Wednesday.
The Reserve Bank of India will conduct 3 day variable rate repo auction for a notified amount of Rs 30,000 crore on February 20, 2015, Friday. The auction will be conducted between 12.00 pm and 12.30 pm as per the revised guidelines on Term Repo Auctions issued on February 13, 2014.
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