Bond yields tread water ahead of RBI’s OMO

20 Dec 2012 Evaluate

Bond yields are treading water with traders awaiting the bond sale and central bank's open market operations on Friday for near-term direction. The Reserve Bank of India's announcement of a smaller-than-usual open market operation (OMO) of Rs 8,000 crore, from Rs 12,000 crore buy back witnessed in last two OMOs in December, fizzled out the enthusiasm among market participants.

Consistent with the stance of monetary policy and based on the current assessment of prevailing and evolving liquidity conditions, the Reserve Bank has decided to conduct Open Market Operations (OMO) by purchasing the government securities for an aggregate amount of Rs 8,000 crore on December 21, 2012.

On the global front, US 10-year Treasuries edged higher in Asian trade on Thursday as talks to avoid the US 'fiscal crisis' stalled and equities sagged, prompting traders to buy back bonds in the wake of a two-week sell-off. Meanwhile, Brent crude slipped on Thursday to trade around $110 a barrel as investors took profits after recent gains as talks to avert a US fiscal crisis stalled, stoking worries about demand in the world's biggest oil consumer.

The yields on 10-year 8.79% - 2021 were trading unchanged at its previous close of 8.15% on Wednesday.

The benchmark five-year interest rates were trading lower by 1 basis point to 7.14% from its previous close of 7.15%.

Meanwhile, the Government of India have announced the sale of three dated securities for Rs 12,000 crore on December 21, 2012, which includes, (i) ‘8.07 percent Government Stock 2017-JUL’ for a notified amount of Rs 3,000 crore (nominal) through price based auction;  (ii) ‘8.15 percent Government Stock 2022’ for a notified amount of Rs 6,000 crore (nominal) through price based auction; and (iii) ‘8.97 percent Government Stock 2030’ for a notified amount of Rs 3,000 crore (nominal) through price based auction. The auctions will be conducted using uniform price method. The auctions will be conducted by the Reserve Bank of India, Mumbai Office, Fort, Mumbai on December 21, 2012 (Friday).

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