Bond yields trade one week high on Tuesday

08 Dec 2015 Evaluate

Bond yields traded one week high on Tuesday on speculation that the demand for debt is weakening ahead of a possible increase in U.S. interest rates later this month. Investors failed to get relief from ratings agency Fitch, while maintaining a stable outlook for India, who stated that the country’s economy will grow by 7.5 percent in the current fiscal that will stand out globally.  

In the global market, U.S. Treasury prices rose on Monday, pushing yields lower, as investors sold assets perceived as risky following a sharp drop in oil prices that helped fuel a decline in stocks.  Furthermore, Crude prices remained near 7-year lows in early Asian trading as OPEC continues to pump near record oil to defend market share, compounding a glut that is seeing hundreds of thousands of barrels produced every day in excess of demand.

Back home, the yields on new 10 year Government Stock were trading 2 basis points higher at 7.77% from its previous close at 7.75% on Monday.

The benchmark five-year interest rates were trading 1 basis point lower at 7.80% from its previous close at 7.81% on Monday.

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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