Bond yields edge lower for second consecutive session

01 Dec 2011 Evaluate

Bond yields dropped for a second day on Thursday after government successfully auctioned debt investment limits totaling $10 billion. Meanwhile, sluggish economic data also supported demand for bonds, thereby inserting pressure on yields.

Seasonally adjusted HSBC Purchasing Managers’ Index TM (PMI TM) - a headline index designed to measure the overall health of the manufacturing sector, fell to 51.0 in November, down from October’s 52.0, the second-weakest in the current sequence of growth. Meanwhile, data that was released after the market had closed on Wednesday, which showed that growth of eight core infrastructure industries for the month of October 2011, declined to six year low-level of 0.1% compared to 7.2% in October 2010, also weighed on the sentiment to some extent.

On the global front, US Treasury debt prices fell on Wednesday as six top central banks acted to prevent a global credit crunch stemming from Europe, while encouraging US economic data, which drove investors into equity markets, also sapped the demand safe heaven instrument.

The yields on 10-year benchmark 8.79% - 2021 bonds 2021 bonds were trading at 8.71%, down by 3 basis points from its close of 8.74% on Wednesday.

The benchmark five-year interest rate swaps were trading steady at Wednesday’s close of 7.26%

Meanwhile, the Government of India has announced the sale of three dated securities for Rs 13,000 crore on December 2, 2011, which includes, (i) “7.83% Government Stock 2018” for a notified amount of  Rs 4,000 crore (nominal) through price based auction, (ii) “8.79% Government Stock 2021” for a notified amount of  Rs 6,000 crore (nominal) through price based auction and (iii) “New 19 year Government Stock 2030” for a notified amount of  Rs 3,000 crore (nominal) through yield  based auction.

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