Bond yields edged higher on profit-taking after the recent rally in bonds. Yields on the 10-year paper had dropped 14 basis points in the last two trading sessions. Further, cash conditions and government spending will be closely monitored by the market with overnight rates already elevated near MSF rates.
On the global front, benchmark U.S. Treasury debt yields rose to their highest in nearly 2-1/2 years on Tuesday, capping the third-worst year for the government debt market in four decades as investors trimmed bond holdings ahead of the Federal Reserve reducing its bond-purchase stimulus in 2014. Meanwhile, brent futures held above $111 a barrel on Tuesday on worries about a prolonged outage from OPEC member Libya, positioning the benchmark to end 2013 virtually unchanged.
Back home, the yields on new 10 year Government Stock 2023 were trading 1 basis point higher at 8.83% from its previous close of 8.82% on Tuesday.
The benchmark five-year interest rate swaps were trading 2 basis points higher at 8.43% from its previous close of 8.41% on Tuesday.
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). Ten State Governments have offered to sell 10 year securities by way of auction for an aggregate amount of Rs 8,030.58 crore on December 31, 2013.
The Government of India have announced the sale (re-issue) of four dated securities for Rs 15,000 crore, including (i) 8.12% Government Stock 2020 for a notified amount of Rs 4000 crore, (ii) 8.24 % Government Stock 2027 for a notified amount of Rs 7000 crore, (iii) 9.20 % Government Stock 2030 for a notified amount of Rs 2000 crore, and (iv) 8.30% Government Stock 2042 for a notified amount of Rs 2000 crore, on January 03, 2014.
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