Bond yields traded higher on Monday as investors remained cautious on expectation that faster inflation will curb the central bank’s room to lower interest rates. Annual consumer price inflation (CPI) edged up to a 17-month high of 5.69% in January, driven up by higher food costs. Investors failed to solace with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s statement that India is the fastest developing country among the “larger economies of the world.
In the global market, U.S. Treasury yields climbed on Friday as stocks rallied after a report showed that U.S. consumer spending regained momentum in January, suggesting the economy may not be slowing as much as many investors had feared in recent weeks. Furthermore, Brent and U.S. crude futures edged down on Monday as a strong dollar weighed on prices, paring gains from a more than 10-percent jump late last week that came amid renewed talk that OPEC might finally agree to cut output to reduce a world glut.
Back home, the yields on new 10 year Government Stock were trading 2 basis points higher at 7.74% from its previous close at 7.72% on Friday.
The benchmark five-year interest rates were trading 3 basis points higher at 7.69% from its previous close at 7.66% 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 February 17, 2015 using 'Multiple Price Auction' method.
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