Bond yield trade flat on Monday; globally risk off sentiment weighs

25 Mar 2013 Evaluate

Bond yields were trading flat on Monday as government’s decision of relaxing foreign investment in debt was weighed against globally risk off sentiment. Initiating the much-needed reforms for foreign investors in the debt market, the government decided that it would merge the existing sub-limits and, instead, have overall caps for only two broad categories, government securities and corporate bonds.

Finance Minister P Chidambaram said the ceiling of $1 billion for qualified foreign investors (QFIs) and $25 billion for foreign institutional investors (FIIs) in corporate bonds, besides $25 billion for FIIs in long-term infra bonds, would be merged, retaining the overall cap for corporate bonds at $51 billion.

On the global front, US Treasuries dropped in Asian trade on Monday on relief as Cyprus clinched a last-ditch deal with international lenders for a 10 billion euro ($13 billion) bailout hours before a deadline to avert a financial collapse on the Mediterranean country. Meanwhile, Brent crude rose above $108 on Monday after euro zone ministers approved an EU-IMF plan for restructuring Cyprus's banking sector.

Back home, the yields on 10-year 8.79% - 2021 bonds were trading lower by 1 basis point at 7.95% from its previous close of 7.96% on Friday.

The benchmark five-year interest rate swaps were trading unchanged from previous close of 7.25% on Friday.

The Reserve Bank of India has announced the auction of 182 and 91-days Government of India Treasury Bills for notified amount of Rs 5,000 crore and Rs 7,000 crore respectively. The auction will be conducted on March 26, 2013 using 'Multiple Price Auction' method

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