Bond yields tread water in absence of RBI’s debt buy back announcement

11 Apr 2012 Evaluate

Bond yields were treading water in absence of central bank’s debt buy back announcement to support the heavy borrowing due this week. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) usually announces debts buys on Tuesdays to help ease a cash crunch in the banking system. However, trader’s were also wary ahead of the release of February factory output data on Thursday and March inflation data, key prints for providing cues on central bank’s stance in its Annual monetary policy review on April 17, 2012.

On the global front, US Treasuries prices rose on Tuesday, pushing benchmark yields below 2 percent for the first time in over four weeks, as worries about the pace of global economic growth bolstered demand for safe-haven US government debt.

Meanwhile, Brent crude held at $120 on Wednesday, after posting steep losses in the previous session, as a cut in global oil consumption forecast by the EIA and an unexpected surge in US crude stocks reinforced fears that demand growth may slow. The cut by the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) followed weak economic numbers from the two top oil consumers - China and the United States - suggesting the global economy may be in more trouble than it appeared. These factors overshadowed concerns of supply disruption from the Middle East.

Back on the home turf, the yields on 10-year benchmark 8.79% - 2021 bonds were unchanged from its previous close of 8.59%.

The benchmark five-year interest rate swaps were also unchanged from previous close of 7.50%.

The Reserve Bank of India has announced the auction of 91-day and 182-day Government of India Treasury Bills for notified amount of  Rs 9,000 crore and Rs 5,000 crore respectively. The auction will be conducted on April 11, 2012 using 'Multiple Price Auction' method.

Also, Government of India have announced the sale of four dated securities for  Rs 15,000 crore on April 13, 2012, that include, (i) “8.24 percent Government Stock 2018” for a notified amount of Rs 4,000 crore (nominal) through price based auction, (ii) “8.79 percent Government Stock 2021” for a notified amount of  Rs 7,000 crore (nominal) through price based auction (iii) “8.28 percent Government Stock 2027” for a notified amount of  Rs 2,000 crore (nominal) through price based auction and (iv) “8.33 percent Government Stock 2036” for a notified amount of  Rs 2,000 crore (nominal) through price based auction.

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