Bond yields edged lower on Monday in the absence of a debt sale till the RBI meet and also on the back of reports that the government's fiscal year borrowing may be less than earlier budgeted if fiscal deficit is kept in check. Further, liquidity support offered by RBI, which decided to conduct open market operations on Wednesday, added to the positive sentiment.
In order to address the temporary liquidity deficit situation, the Reserve Bank has decided to conduct Open Market Operations by purchasing the following government securities for an aggregate amount of Rs 10,000 crore on January 22, 2014 (Wednesday) through multi-security auction using the multiple price method.
On the global front, US markets were shut on Monday for holiday. Meanwhile, Brent futures eased towards $106 a barrel on Tuesday as world powers and Iran took a step forward in ending a decade-long dispute over Tehran's nuclear programme, but worries of prolonged outages at other exporters supported prices.
Back home, the yields on new 10 year Government Stock 2023 were trading 2 basis points lower at 8.50% from its previous close of 8.52% on Monday.
The benchmark five-year interest rate swaps were trading 4 basis points lower at 8.05% from its previous close of 8.09% on Monday.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has announced the auction of 91 & 364 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 22, 2014 using 'Multiple Price Auction' method.
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