Bond yields trade lower on Monday

07 Dec 2015 Evaluate

Bond yields traded lower on Monday on speculation that the purchases of sovereign debt by the central bank will be the first of many as it seeks to boost the supply of cash in the financial system. Besides, investors got some support with the prospects for goods and services tax (GST) reform brightening as a panel headed by chief economic adviser Arvind Subramanian backed a lower rate and simpler structure that the opposition Congress party had demanded. The government-appointed panel suggested a standard GST rate of 17-18 percent.

In the global market, Yields on U.S. Treasuries fell on Friday with investors caught between astronger-than-expected November jobs report that built the case for an interestrate hike and a drop in oil prices after OPEC surprisingly raised its production ceiling. Furthermore, Crude prices fell on Monday in the first trading session after OPEC members failed to agree on output targets to reduce a bulging oil glut that has cut prices by more than 60 percent since June 2014.

Back home, the yields on new 10 year Government Stock were trading 1 basis point lower at 7.74% from its previous close at 7.75% on Friday.

The benchmark five-year interest rates were trading 4 basis points higher at 7.80% from its previous close at 7.76% on Friday.

The Reserve Bank of India has announced the auction of 91-days and 364-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 December 09, 2015 using 'Multiple Price Auction' method.

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