Bond yields edged lower on Monday, tracking gains in the rupee. The continued foreign inflow has been supporting the rupee and since the beginning of this year, the rupee is up by around 2%. Sentiment also remains wary ahead of the central bank's monetary policy review on April 1, 2014. Meanwhile, many Bond investors were awaiting fiscal 2014/15 first-half borrowing calendar scheduled later this week. Government will borrow Rs 5.97 trillion in next fiscal, with dealers expecting 60-62 pc to be routed in the first half.
On the global front, US Treasuries prices rose on Friday and the gap between short and long-dated bonds hit its lowest level in eight months as investors continued to evaluate the possibility the Federal Reserve will increase benchmark rates sooner than had been expected. Meanwhile, Brent crude held above $106 per barrel on Monday weighed down by a seasonal slump in demand and weak economic data from China, after posting its fourth weekly loss in a row on Friday.
The yields on new 10 year Government Stock 2023 were trading 2 basis points lower at 8.78% from its previous close of 8.80% on Friday.
The benchmark five-year interest rate swaps were trading 2 basis points lower at 8.48% from its previous close of 8.50% on Friday.
The Reserve Bank of India has announced the auction of 182-days and 91-days Government of India Treasury Bills for notified amount of Rs 6,000 crore and Rs 8000 crore respectively. The auction will be conducted on March 26, 2014 using 'Multiple Price Auction' method.
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