Bond yields edge higher on Friday; results of Rs 15,000 crore debt sale auction eyed

27 Dec 2013 Evaluate

Bond yields edged higher as dealers preferred to stay light ahead of the results of Rs 15,000 crore debt sale auction to be held later in the day. Additionally, bond prices also edged lower as investors continued to lighten positions ahead of the year-end, with concerns about the RBI resuming its monetary tightening remaining. Meanwhile, traders also await a report by the RBI due by the end of the month that is expected to unveil a major change in monetary policy to explicitly make managing consumer inflation, rather than wholesale prices, its main objective.

On the global front, U.S. benchmark Treasury yields edged higher on Thursday, just below their two-year high of 3 percent, in light trading as most investors stayed out of the market after the Christmas holiday. Meanwhile, brent crude slipped towards $111 a barrel on Friday, after settling at the highest in more than three weeks, although supply disruptions in Africa and firmer oil product prices in the United States checked losses.

Back home, the yields on new 10 year Government Stock 2023 were trading 3 basis points higher at 8.92% from its previous close of 8.89% on Thursday

The benchmark five-year interest rate swaps were trading flat at its previous close of 8.43% on Thursday.

The Governments of India have announced the sale (re-issue) of four dated securities for Rs 15,000 crore on December 27, 2013, including (i) 7.28 % Government Stock 2019 for a notified amount of Rs 3000 crore, (ii) 8.83 % Government Stock 2023 for a notified amount of Rs 7,000 crore, (iii) 8.32 % Government Stock 2032 for a notified amount of Rs 2,000 crore and (iv) 8.30 % Government Stock 2042 for a notified amount of Rs 3,000 crore, to be held on December 27, 2013, using uniform price method.

Additionally, the Government of India have announced the sale (re-issue) of '1.44% Inflation Indexed Government Stock-2023' for a notified amount of Rs 500 crore through price based auction. The auction will be conducted using uniform price method. The auction will be conducted by the Reserve Bank of India, Fort, Mumbai on December 31, 2013 (Tuesday).    

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