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Yields Lower In Early Trade

INDIA

Yields are lower in early trade, extending their move from Friday after the RBI cancelled yet another 10-eyar debt sale with cut off yields at unmanageable levels for the bank. The bank sold INR 120bn against a planned INR 260bn as a result of the cancellation, this is the second time the RBI has cancelled an auction due to the demand for high yields.

  • Elsewhere the RBI will conduct a conversion offer today for INR 200bn today, converting shorter dated paper into longer.
  • Fig.1: RBI Conversion Offer Details

Source: RBI


  • The bank will also hold the first SLTRO auction for INR 100bn today, the Special Long-Term Repo Operations (SLTRO) was announced earlier in May and targets liquidity for small banks, the scheme has a maturity of 3-years.
  • Some focus on state-run banks after Cairn Energy takes the state-owned carrier Air India to a US court to seek payment of an arbitration award from the South Asian nation as part of a long-running tax dispute.
  • Meanwhile April wholesale price data will be released at 0730BST/1200IST, the headline figure is expected to rise to 9.35% from 7.39% previously.

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