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Bonds at three-month high on report government may borrow less

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Reuters MUMBAI
Last Updated : Jan 21 2014 | 9:35 AM IST

MUMBAI (Reuters) - Government bonds rose to new three-month highs on Tuesday on a report quoting an unnamed finance ministry official as saying that the fiscal year borrowing may be less than earlier budgeted if fiscal deficit is kept in check.

The Economic Times reported that a large chunk of the remaining 400 billion rupees of bond sale may be cancelled due to a pickup in small savings.

The benchmark 10-year bond yield fell 5 bps to 8.47 percent, its lowest since October 11.

(Reporting by Subhadip Sircar; Editing by Prateek Chatterjee)

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First Published: Jan 21 2014 | 9:26 AM IST

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