Bond yields ease amidst optimism of RBI’s buyback announcement

05 Mar 2012 Evaluate

Bond yields eased amid optimism that the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) would announce a bond purchase offer this week to provide some relief to the tight liquidity conditions, while selection of securities to be offered too will be eyed. As per the auction calendar for borrowing, the government is due to raise Rs 12,000 crore this week, the last planned debt sale for the current fiscal year that ends in March. The auctions are usually announced on Mondays after market hours.

However, high global oil price is the wild card and is balancing out the likely announcement of OMOs to keep yields in a tight band in the near term.

On the global front, US Treasury debt prices rose on Friday after a three-day losing streak, as long-dated government debt led the market higher, supported by purchases of 30-year bonds by the Federal Reserve. Benchmark 10-year notes rose 12/32 in price to yield 1.99 percent, down from 2.03 percent late Thursday.

Meanwhile, Brent crude climbed back near $124 on Monday, rebounding from a drop of 2 percent the previous session as another refiner announced cuts to Iranian imports, feeding fears of a supply crunch as the West presses ahead with sanctions on Tehran.

The yields on 10-year benchmark 8.79% - 2021 bonds inched lower at 8.20% from its previous close of 8.22% on Friday.

The benchmark five-year interest rate swaps were at 7.37% from Friday's close of 7.40%.

The Reserve Bank of India has announced the auction of 91 and 364-day Government of India Treasury Bills for notified amount of  Rs 8,000 crore and Rs 4000 crore respectively. The auction will be conducted on March 7, 2012 using 'Multiple Price Auction' method.

Meanwhile, Ten State Governments announced Auction of State Development Loans 2022 for Rs 11,067.000 crore on March 6, 2012.

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