Bond yields inches up on Friday

22 Mar 2013 Evaluate

Bond yields, continuing to hover near its 2-1/2 months high, edged higher tracing higher global crude oil prices on Friday. However, caution ahead of the upcoming supplies in April, also aided the uptrend of the yields.

On the global front, US 10-year Treasuries edged lower in Asian trade on Friday, but were likely to creep higher near term as uncertainty over whether Cyprus will manage to secure an international bailout drive safe-haven bids. Meanwhile, Brent crude held above $107 a barrel on Friday, but was still on track for a second straight week of losses, as Cyprus scrambled to raise money to avert a financial meltdown that could disrupt the euro zone's recovery and diminish its oil demand

Back home, the yields on 10-year 8.79% - 2021 bonds were trading higher by 4 basis points at 7.97% from its previous close of 7.93% on Thursday

The benchmark five-year interest rate swaps were trading unchanged from previous close of 7.54% on Thursday.

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 (OMOs) by purchasing the following government securities for an aggregate amount of Rs 10,000 crore on March 22, 2013 through multi-security auction using the multiple price method.

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