Bond yields rose after Finance Minister P. Chidambaram, in his interim budget, presented largely in-line borrowing numbers. FM forecast that the country's gross market borrowing to be at Rs 5.97 lakh crore for 2014/15 and revised the gross market borrowing for FY13-14 to Rs 5.63 lakh crore.
On the global front, U.S. Treasury debt yields edged higher on Friday after steep losses the previous session, but their uptrend could unravel as a recent run of weaker-than-expected economic data has raised doubts about the stability of the U.S. recovery. Meanwhile, Brent futures fell below $109 a barrel on Monday as disappointing U.S. economic data revived demand growth concerns at the world's top oil consumer, but strong consumption of heating fuels due to a cold spell kept losses in check.
The yields on new 10 year Government Stock 2023 were trading 2 basis points higher at 8.83% from its previous close of 8.81% on Friday
The benchmark five-year interest rate swaps were trading 2 basis points lower at 8.44% from its previous close of 8.46% on Friday.
The Reserve Bank of India has announced the auction of 91-days and 364-days Government of India Treasury Bills for notified amount of Rs 7,000 crore and Rs 6000 crore respectively . The auction will be conducted on February 18, 2014 using 'Multiple Price Auction' method
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