Page 14 - India Bond Market

Bond market dealers watch out for RBI's unannounced purchases

It is hard to say if the OMOs are being done to soften yields, or to fill up the central bank's stock of bonds, but yields did not move up sharply in auctions

Foreign funds flee India's bonds just when it needs them the most

The amount of sovereign securities held by global funds has slumped Rs 76,700 crore ($10 billion) from this year's peak in February

RBI move to cut reverse repurchase rate fuels rally in short-term bonds

The yield on the 6.18 per cent 2024 bond fell 26 basis points to 5.48 per cent.

Mutual funds likely to get Sebi lifeline to tide over liquidity woes

Market regulator likely to relax 20% cap on MF borrowing

Covid-19 impact: Bond and currency markets to close at 2 pm till April 30

Such curtailed hours, in which bond and currency markets operated between 10 am and 2 pm, from 9 am to 5 pm in normal times, were in force till April 17

Covid-19 impact: States borrow Rs 12,128 cr from bond market at lower rates

The cut-off yield for 10-year state development loans was at 7.60-7.65 per cent, whereas the 10-year government securities closed at 6.50 per cent.

RBI shortens forex, money market trading hours amid coronavirus lockdown

Apex bank announces change in market timing, trading hours to function from 10 am to 2 pm

Bond, currency markets witness high volatility in FY20 over Covid-19 fear

While the rupee hit its lifetime low of about 76.30 a dollar, the 10-year bond yields fell to 6 per cent, as Covid-19 led to an unprecedented slide in financial assets worldwide

Covid-19 rate cuts to tug most Asian bond yields even lower: Reuters poll

Stock markets have also plummeted amid fears the global lockdown to contain the virus has tipped the world economy into a recession from which it will take year to recover.

Top headlines: Nationwide lockdown, Flipkart halts new orders, and more

From telcos facing connectivity challenge, medicine supply hit to govt mulling OBC suspension, Business Standard brings top headlines of the day

Bond market freezes amid coronavirus scare; traders working from home

The benchmark 10-year bond saw trading volume of Rs 1,325 crore, and was the most traded one

No trading seen in bonds in first 20 minutes of the market session

While working from home, bond traders are doing bare minimum trade to cover their positions; there is also the expectation of a 50-150-bp rate cut

YES Bank fallout: RBI move casts shadow on Rs 1-trillion AT-1 bond market

Forcing bondholders to take 100 per cent haircut on the bank's AT-1 bonds would lead to losses to the tune of Rs 10,800 crore, estimates Acuite Ratings

Riding high on RBI governor's assurance, bond market up for a long bull run

Experts say LTRO is the Indian version of quantitative easing, and that there should be more of it in coming days

Bonds rally as govt keeps borrowing programme limited to Rs 7.1-trn

The government borrows from the market for the buyback, but it is not doing so for the next year

RBI buys and sells bonds worth Rs 10,000 cr in third open market operation

Long-term bond yields have come down by 20 bps since first OMO last month

Exim Bank hits global bond markets with $1-bn issue for current fiscal

EXIM Bank confirmed that it is in the market but did not divulge specific details about the issues

The last decade for equities

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S&P ratings sees debt downgrade for India if economic slide continues

Sovereign bonds slid after the report, with the yield on the benchmark 10-year note rising 5 basis points to 6.76 per cent

Global bond market looks to Modi with promise to finance India's growth

China's phased entry into several key bond gauges this year provides India with a template that could be shaped to its needs