Bond yields drop to five weeks low on sluggish IIP data; Retail inflation data holds the key

13 Jan 2014 Evaluate

Bond yields dropped to five week low in early deals on Monday on account of soft U.S. non-farm payrolls and surprise contraction in factory output, which boosted the case for a pause in rate tightening by the central bank at its January 28 policy review. India’s annual industrial output growth, measured by index of industrial production (IIP), in much of a shocker, contracted further by 2.1% in November as compared to the same month last year. IIP, which shrank by 1.8% in October, was way lower than street’s expectation of modest growth figure of 1% in November. Further, consumer price inflation data due post market hours on Monday and the wholesale price data due on Tuesday will now be the key for direction.

On the global front, U.S. Treasury prices jumped on Friday, with benchmark yields posting their biggest one-day drop since October, as government data showed the weakest monthly job growth in three years in December, undermining investors' confidence in the economy. Meanwhile, Brent crude edged lower toward $107 a barrel on Monday after six nations struck a fresh six-month deal with Iran to curb its nuclear programme and U.S. President Barack Obama urged Congress not to impose additional sanctions on the country.

Back home, the yields on new 10 year Government Stock 2023 were trading 5 basis points lower at 8.71% from its previous close of 8.76% on Friday.

The benchmark five-year interest rate swaps were trading 4 basis points lower at 8.27% from its previous close of 8.31% on Friday.

The Reserve Bank of India has announced the auction of 91 and 182 days Government of India Treasury Bills for notified amount of Rs 4,000 crore and Rs 3000 crore respectively. The auction will be conducted on January 15, 2014 using 'Multiple Price Auction' method.Eleven State Government Securities have offered to sell securities by way of auction for an aggregate amount of Rs 11,500 crore on January 15, 2014

© 2026 The Alchemists Ark Pvt. Ltd. All rights reserved. MoneyWorks4Me ® is a registered trademark of The Alchemists Ark Pvt. Ltd.

×