Bond yields edge tad higher on profit-booking ahead of Rs 15,000 crore debt sale

20 Dec 2013 Evaluate

Bond yields, snapping two consecutive sessions’ losing streak, edged tad higher on Friday on account of some profit-booking ahead of the sale of Rs 15,000 crore debt in the later part of the session. The yields slipped over 17 basis points in the previous two trading session after Reserve Bank of India unexpectedly left interest rates unchanged.

On the global front, U.S. Treasury prices held on to losses on Thursday, a day after the Federal Reserve said it would trim its monthly bond-buying program by $10 billion and signaled it might keep its key interest rate extremely low and longer than previously promised. Meanwhile, brent crude slipped below $110 a barrel on Friday, but was heading for its second weekly gain in three, buoyed by Libyan supply cuts and a rosy outlook for fuel demand in the United States, the world's largest oil consumer.

Back home, the yields on new 10 year Government Stock 2023 were trading 1 basis point up at 8.75% from its previous close of 8.74% on Thursday.

The benchmark five-year interest rate swaps were trading 3 basis points higher at 8.39% from its previous close of 8.36% on Thursday.

The Government of India have announced the sale (new issue/re-issue) of four dated securities for Rs 15,000 crore on December 20, 2013, which includes, (i) 8.12% Government Stock 2020 for a notified amount of Rs 4,000 crore, (ii) 8.28 % Government Stock 2027 for a notified amount of Rs 7,000 crore, (iii) 9.20 % Government Stock 2030 for a notified amount of Rs 2000 crore and (iv) New 30 year Government Stock 2043 for a notified amount of Rs 2000 crore.

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