Bond yields trade steady with upward bias as risk taking capacity revisits market

27 Sep 2011 Evaluate

Bond yields were trading steady with positive bias as risk taking returned to global markets on expectations that European leaders would chalk out a plan to contain the debt crisis. However, yields were steady owing to the prevailing caution ahead of the federal borrowing meet on Thursday. Central bank and finance ministry officials are scheduled to meet on Thursday to decide the schedule of government borrowing for the second half of this fiscal year. Most market participants expect the government to raise its market borrowing by Rs 30,000-70,000 crore, depending on its fiscal performance.

On the global front, US Treasury prices fell on Monday on hopes that European leaders will commit more cash to bail out debt-laden nations revived some appetite for stocks and reduced demand for safe-haven US government debt. 

The yields on 10-year benchmark 7.80% - 2021 bonds were trading at 8.32% compared with Monday's close of 8.31%.

The benchmark five-year interest rate swap was trading at 6.81% compared with 6.80% at the previous close.

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