Indian Bond Market

ICICI likely to issue long-term bonds, Axis mulls infra bond sale

Cash market turnover fell almost 20% in October as rally take traders by surprise

The benchmark Indian 10-year government bond yield ended at 7.4161% after closing at 7.4117% on Thursday

Dealers said Bengal and UP raised amounts via bonds with 15-17 year maturity and cut-off yield above 7.9%; pricing likely to remain under pressure in near term

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The two countries' sovereign debt only lost 0.4% and 1.5% respectively for dollar-based investors in the third quarter, less than other emerging markets in Asia including China

If India is included in the global bond indices, it could ensure potential inflows of up to $30 billion into Indian fixed-income securities

Yields on Indian government bonds are expected to remain in a narrow range this year as an inclusion of domestic bonds in global indexes may not materialise in 2022, a rates strategist with HSBC said

The possibility of India being included in global bond indexes this year has led to increased buying in a set of local securities

Bankers have sought permission to park a larger quantum of securities in the portfolio than is currently permitted amid an environment of rising bond yields.

A narrower spread makes it less attractive for foreigners to invest in rupee assets

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India's benchmark 10-year bond yield closed at at 6.75%, up 6 basis points from its previous close

High borrowing numbers in the budget as well as absence of any steps to facilitate global bond index inclusion roiled the domestic markets, pushing the yield on the benchmark debt to 6.8

Goswami says case for normalisation of monetary conditions is starting to pick up pace, and next step will be to narrow the policy rate corridor closer to pre-pandemic level

In a Q&A, R Sivakumar says the key drivers of foreign flows in India would be the inclusion of Indian bonds in global fixed-income benchmarks

Arun Srinivasan, senior executive vice president and head of fixed income, ICICI Prudential Life Insurance says 10-year G-sec benchmark may inch closer to 6.40-6.45 per cent by 2021 end

The most-traded 6.64% 2035 bond was up 6 basis points at 6.79%

RBI said the first purchase of government securities worth Rs 25,000 crore under the G-sec Acquisition Programme will be done on April 15 with a view to enabling a stable evolution of the yield curve

Among other things, the policy provides much needed visibility on central bank's balance sheet support for the bond market