Bond yields tread water ahead of November CPI data

11 Dec 2013 Evaluate

Bond yields were treading water on caution ahead of retail inflation data on Thursday, especially after RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan reiterated on Wednesday that central bank's focus remains on controlling inflation. Street is widely expecting India’s inflation to remain close to 9-month highs in November putting further pressure on the central bank to follow up on its back-to-back interest rate hikes despite slowing economic growth.

On the global front, U.S. Treasury prices rose on Tuesday as traders covered short positions and portfolio managers, tempted by yields near the high end of the range, extended duration going into year-end. Meanwhile, brent held steady above $109 a barrel on Wednesday as traders focused on the narrowing of its spread with U.S. futures ahead of U.S. inventory data that is forecast to show a drop in crude stockpiles.

Back home, the new 10 year Government Stock 2023 were trading flat at its Tuesday’s close of 8.84%  The benchmark five-year interest rate swaps were trading flat at its Tuesday’s close of 8.40%.

The Reserve Bank of India has announced the auction of 364 and 91 days Government of India Treasury Bills for notified amount of Rs 6,000 crore each. The auction will be conducted on December 11, 2013 using 'Multiple Price Auction' method.

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