Bond yields edge lower on Tuesday

17 Sep 2013 Evaluate

Bond yields edged lower as traders bought bonds in the secondary market due to absence of a bond sale this Friday, while a report that shows the government was seeking to include India in global popular bond indexes also helped sentiments. India's headline inflation hit a six-month high in August, driven by a surprise surge in food prices, hardening the case for central bank governor Raghuram Rajan to keep interest rates high at his first policy meeting later this week.

On the currency front, Indian rupee turned lower on Tuesday morning, tailing weakness in other emerging market currencies ahead of the Federal Reserve's meeting this week, where it is widely expected to announce tapering of bond purchases. The domestic currency had strengthened to its one month high in the last session, dollar selling by banks and exporters that supported the rupee despite disappointing WPI inflation data.

On the global front, US Treasury debt prices rose on Monday after withdrawal by Lawrence Summers for consideration as chairman of the Federal Reserve, further easing fears of more aggressive monetary policy tightening if he were to head the U.S. central bank. Meanwhile, brent crude fell below $110 a barrel on Tuesday, as worries eased over a potential U.S. attack on Syria. This calmed fears of a disruption to Middle East oil supplies and activities resumed at a western Libyan oilfield.

Back home, the yields on 10-year 7.16% - 2023 bonds, were trading 6 basis points lower at 8.37% from its previous close of 8.43% on Monday. The benchmark five-year interest rate swaps steady at 8.35 percent, while the one-year rates were trading 1 basis point higher at 9.20% from its previous close of 9.19% on Monday.

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