Bond yields trade lower on Monday

10 Aug 2015 Evaluate

Bond yields traded lower on Monday on speculation the slide in oil will help slow consumer-price gains from a nine-month high. Besides there are also expectations that better food management by the government will offset the impact of a deficient monsoon.

In the global market, U.S. short-dated Treasuries yields rose slightly while longer-dated yields fell on Friday after data showed U.S. employment rose at a solid clip in July, reinforcing expectations that the U.S. Federal Reserve will raise interest rates in September.. Furthermore, Crude oil futures fell on Monday in early Asian trading, touching fresh multi-month lows after disappointing data from China over the weekend showed exports tumbled in the world's second-largest economy.

Back home, the yields on new 10 year Government Stock were trading 1 basis point lower at 7.79% from its previous close of 7.80% on Friday.

The benchmark five year yields were trading 2 basis points lower at 7.93% from its previous close of 7.95% on Friday.

The Reserve Bank of India has announced the auction of 91-days and 182-days 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 August 12, 2015 using 'Multiple Price Auction' method.

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