Bond yields traded higher on Tuesday as the lack of specific measures to boost financial-system liquidity at the central bank’s monetary policy review left investors disappointed. RBI in its monetary policy review maintains status quo, keeps Repo and CRR rate unchanged at 6.75 and 4 percent respectively, opting to wait for the government’s annual budget statement at the end of February to decide on whether to cut rates further.
In the global market, U.S. Treasury yields rose from four-month lows on Monday at the start of a heavy week of data that will culminate in Friday's jobs report for January, which will be closely evaluated for signs of slowing U.S. growth. Furthermore, Oil prices fell for a second session in Asian trade on Tuesday as worries about top energy consumer China and rising oil supply weighed on markets, although possible talks between OPEC and Russia on output cuts offered some support.
Back home, the yields on new 10 year Government Stock were trading 4 basis points higher at 7.83% from its previous close at 7.79% on Monday.
The benchmark five-year interest rates were trading 3 basis points higher at 7.65% from its previous close at 7.62% 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 February 03, 2015 using 'Multiple Price Auction' method.
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