| CP-CD: issues fall as MFs stay away | 13-NOV-09 |
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| Issuances of short-term money market instruments fell today because mutual funds — the major investors for such papers —were not keen on investing due to low rates, dealers said. |
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| Rupee rises on growth hopes, rise in stocks | 12-NOV-09 |
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| The rupee strengthened for the fifth time in six days on speculation the nation's relatively fast economic growth and rising stocks will attract investment from abroad. |
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| Bonds advance as govt debt supply eases | 29-OCT-09 |
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| Ten-year bonds gained for a third day on speculation investors will increase holdings as government debt sales slow through the remainder of the year. |
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| Rupee drops to two-week low | 23-OCT-09 |
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| Rupee dropped, completing the biggest two-day loss in two months, as declines in local stocks spurred speculation capital inflows will slow. |
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| Re drops, reversing earlier gains | 16-OCT-09 |
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| Rupee fell, reversing earlier gains, on speculation importers were buying foreign exchange to save on costs. It retreated from the highest in more than a year as importers such as Indian Oil Corp, the nation’s largest refiner, may have bought foreign exchange to pay for crude oil, the price of which has increased more than 68 per cent this year. |
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| Rupee rises 0.8% to 1-year high | 15-OCT-09 |
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| The rupee rose to a one-year high on strong capital flows and banks selling dollars to benefit from the arbitrage between the local and overseas forwards market. |
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| Re strengthens as stocks attract inflows | 25-SEP-09 |
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| The currency rose for the sixth time in seven days after exchange data showed global funds bought $1.4 billion more of local shares than they sold last week, the most in two years. India’s economic growth accelerated to 6.1 per cent in the quarter ended June 30, a pace of expansion that’s second only to China in Asia. The Asian Development Bank raised on September 22 its 2009 growth forecast for the region, excluding Japan, to 3.9 per cent from 3.4 per cent. |
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| Rising demand for debt boosts 10-yr bonds | 08-SEP-09 |
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| India’s 10-year bonds gained the most in almost two weeks after the government sold debt at lower yields than traders’ forecast at an auction on September 4, suggesting increased demand for fixed-income securities. |
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| Bond yields may harden further | 07-SEP-09 |
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| The yield on government securities may harden further due to huge supply of paper, including 10-year state government bonds through auction. |
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