Bond yields rise ahead of Rs 12,000 crore debt sale

08 Jun 2011 Evaluate

Bond yields rose on Wednesday as traders made room for Rs 12,000 crore debt sales on Friday, further traders would also watch out the result of the treasury bills auction in the later part of the day for further cues. Comments by a central deputy governor that, “Inflation should begin to decelerate in the second half of the fiscal year” had no impact on the market as it had already been factored in the current market rates. Subir Gokarn also told at a conference that it was inevitable that high interest rates would at some point affect growth but the central bank would look to keep that impact small, which affected the sentiment to some extent. However, global oil prices were preventing a very sharp rise in yields. (Oil prices are watched for their impact on domestic inflation as oil is India's biggest import).

On the global front, shorter-dated U.S. treasuries outperformed longer maturities on Tuesday, ending higher after an auction of three-year notes drew strong demand. Meanwhile, Brent crude fell on Wednesday, hovering around $116 a barrel, ahead of an OPEC meeting where members are expected to agree to raise global supplies to rein in high prices that have weighed on growth and stoked inflation in the United States, Europe and Asia.

Back home, the Government of India after market hours on Monday announced the sale of three dated securities for Rs. 12,000 crore on June 10, 2011. This auction includes the re-issue) of (i) “7.83% Government Stock 2018” for a notified amount of Rs 3,000 crore (nominal), (ii) “7.80% Government Stock 2021” for a notified amount of  Rs 6,000 crore (nominal) and (iii) “8.26% Government Stock 2027” for a notified amount of Rs 3,000 crore (nominal) through price based auctions. The auctions will be conducted using uniform price method.

The yields on 10-year benchmark; the 7.80%-2021 was trading higher at 8.30% from Tuesday’s close of 8.28%

The benchmark five-year interest rate swaps were tad higher at 7.92% from its previous close of 7.91% on Tuesday.

Further, the Reserve Bank of India has also announced the auction of 91-day and 182-day Government of India Treasury Bills for notified amount of Rs 8,000 crore and Rs 3,000 respectively. The auction will be conducted on June 8, 2011 using 'Multiple Price Auction' method.

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