Bond yields tread water ahead of the weekly inflation data

29 Sep 2011 Evaluate

Bond yields were trading steady as traders stayed on the sidelines awaiting second half government borrowing details along with weekly food inflation data later in the noon.  Meanwhile, forex and debt markets will be closed on Friday for half-yearly bank closing.

On the global front, US Treasury debt prices fell on Wednesday as less gloomy US data and hopes for bold steps to combat Europe's debt crisis kept a lid on demand, though an afternoon stocks slide tepered losses. Meanwhile, brent crude fell to near $103 on Thursday, declining for a second day after a bigger-than-expected increase in US stockpiles heightened concern that demand may slow and doubts over the euro zone rescue fund weighed on confidence.

The yields on 10-year benchmark 7.80% - 2021 bonds were trading steady at its previous close of 8.34%.

The benchmark five-year interest rate swap rose to 6.98% from its previous close of 6.94%.

Meanwhile, India’s weekly food inflation measured by the wholesale price index (WPI), after declining for three consecutive weeks have surged to 9.13% for the week ended September 17 from 8.84% in last week. The increase was due to surge in price of Egg, Meat & Fish, Potato and Pulses.  According to the data released by Ministry of Commerce and Industry, the index for Food Articles group rose by 0.8% to 197.3 (Provisional) from 195.7 (Provisional) for the previous week. The index for 'Non-Food Articles' declined by 0.3% to 184.8 (Provisional) from 185.4 for the previous week.

The index for primary articles group, which has the highest weightage of 20.12% in WPI group rose by 0.4% to 202.7 (Provisional) from 201.9 (Provisional) for the previous week. The annual rate of inflation, calculated on point to point basis, stood at 11.43% for the week ended September 17 as compared to 12.17% (Provisional) for the previous week ended September 10.

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