Page 8 - Bond Yields

State govt bonds to yield better returns under new investment regime

Under the new norms, banks must categorise bonds as "held-to-maturity" on a permanent basis, with the exception of 5 per cent of the portfolio that can be withdrawn throughout the year

Sensex earnings yield gap with 10-year US treasury bond turns negative

A negative spread between Indian equity yield and US long-term Treasury bond makes Indian equities less attractive for foreign investors and may lead to a selloff by FPIs

India bond yields fall as focus shifts to key inflation numbers: Report

Last week, the RBI kept policy rates and stance unchanged, while reiterating its commitment to meet the medium-term 4% inflation target

Govt bond yields settle lower ahead of RBI's policy outcome

The overall market sentiment has remained positive after the government said it aims to reduce the fiscal deficit and lower its gross borrowing by a wide margin next financial year

Dollar hits two-month high as traders regain bets for aggressive rate cuts

The Fed repricing has followed Friday's blockbuster U.S. jobs report that far exceeded market expectations and sent U.S. bond yields soaring, boosting the country's currency

Government bonds give up early gains as traders sell at a profit

The yield on the benchmark 10-year government bond touched the day's low of 7.02 per cent as the government announced lower-than-expected gross borrowing for financial year 2024-25 on Thursday

Bond yields soften 8 bps after lower-than-expected fiscal deficit target

Fiscal deficit target lower than expected; room for RBI to cut rate

Govt bond yields decline, end flattish for week with eyes on budget 2024

The benchmark 10-year yield ended at 7.1760%, following its previous close at 7.1835%. Indian markets are shut on Friday for a holiday

Yield spread between state bonds and g-sec widens to two-year high

The yield spread widened to 53 basis points on Tuesday. The last time the yield spread widened above 50 basis points was in January 2022

Central theme of '24: Fight with inflation for growth

A rate cut will happen this year. When? It will depend on the growth-inflation dynamics as well as the US Fed action

Germany's decadal bond yield, hits lowest level in year on rate cut bets

Germany's 2-year bond yield, which is sensitive to interest rate expectations, was down 1 bp at 2.40%, its lowest since March

Longer-horizon debt funds bounce back in 2023 as bond yields soften

With rate cut hopes building up, their performance could improve further in 2024, say experts

RBI likely to keep rates on hold for entire 2024, says Kaustubh Gupta

We believe US rates have peaked, and the US Federal Reserve can start easing in the second half of 2024. However, the same cannot be said for Indian policy responses

Yield spread between 10-year state bonds and G-secs widens further

Goa and Haryana secured lower cut-offs at 7.65 per cent, whereas Arunachal Pradesh experienced a higher cut-off

India bond yields seen easing as oil, US peers decline; debt sale eyed

The 10-year benchmark bond yield is expected to move in a range of 7.21%-7.26%, after ending the previous session at 7.2356%, a trader with a primary dealership said

Samvat 2079: Bond yields soften, rupee stable despite falling to fresh lows

Domestic bond yields were relatively less volatile compared to the US treasury bond yields, as the market was driven by investors rather than traders

Financial stocks account for 50% of FPI selloff in second half of October

The selling pressure was less intense in the broader markets

Sensex rises for 2nd day, adds 283 pts; Nifty tops 19,200 in broad rally

Closing Bell on Friday November 03: In the broader markets, the BSE MidCap and SmallCap indices gained 0.71 per cent and 0.94 per cent, respectively

October tremors: Nifty posts worst decline in 10 months, shows data

The Nifty fell 2.8 per cent in October, and the Sensex by 3 per cent, their biggest fall since December 2022

Statsguru: Analysing impact of rising US bond yields on Indian stock market

Foreign exchange reserves have declined by around $25 billion from the highest point in 2023