Page 6 - Indian Bonds

Sovereign Indian bonds reverse losses on talk of help from RBI

Yields on 10-year bonds slid as much as eight basis points to to 6.08 per cent after surging by as much as 12 basis points earlier.

Indian bonds gain as Federal Reserve move raises RBI rate-cut hopes

The benchmark 10-year Indian bond yield dropped 8 basis points (bps) to 6.26%

Special-series bonds could be over 10% of FY21 gross borrowing target

Amount of debut issue and subsequent tranches will be finalised by FinMin, RBI in end-March

Sell-off in debt markets may be overdone; expect rebound in 2020: Analysts

Yields have climbed 25 basis points to 6.71% after the central bank's decision on Dec. 5 to hold policy combined with worries over government borrowings.

Indian bonds may extend losses with no let-up in bad news facing them

The Reserve Bank of India's shock hold on rates last week led to the worst weekly fall in bond prices in more than one-and-a-half years

India is paying price for repeated failure to fix banking system: Jan Dehn

London-based Jan Dehn, head of research at Ashmore Investment Management,says he is not bearish on Indian equities and the current problems in India are cyclical, but the banking issue

Investors continue to lap up Indian dollar bonds even as returns drop

Dollar bonds issued by Indian companies posted their lowest return this year in September

World's biggest money manager keen to add to its holdings of Indian bonds

Rupee debt sold off in the past two months, the longest run of losses in a year, after the government's surprise $20 billion tax cut sparked fears of missing deficit targets

When Modi govt is seen borrowing more, rate cuts fail to boost bonds

The concerns persist even after an assurance from a government official that the borrowing plan remains unchanged

Indian Bonds rally on RBI windfall, focus now on 10Y issuance: Report

The global financial services major DBS, however, noted that interests in this paper is likely to be lukewarm ahead of the new 10Y issuance in September or October

'Anti-patriotic': RSS wing says India must not issue foreign currency bonds

They say it is anti-patriotic as it could create long-term risks for the economy, potentially allowing rich foreign nations and their financial institutions to dictate the country's policies

Foreigners turn tail on Indian bonds, continue to buy stocks

Global funds pulled a combined 89.5 billion rupees ($1.3 billion) from local sovereign and corporate bonds so far this month, according to data from the National Securities Depository Ltd

Indian bonds face a familiar foe with elections just round the corner

Investors have turned skittish about the health of India's finances amid signs that Centre is ready to sacrifice fiscal discipline as it weighs an aid package to appease farmers, a key voting block

Bonds set to end year on a high; Pimco may raise holdings of rupee debt

A late-2018 plunge in oil, the biggest bugbear for Indian assets for much of the year, helped drive consumer inflation to a 17-month low

Worst may be over for Indian bonds; RBI done with rate hikes: HDFC Standard

10-year benchmark yield may drop to 7.50 percent by December

Fear of foreign capital: Why is India turning away bond buyers?

The country's fear of foreign capital is irrational and self-destructive

Bonds erase losses on suspected RBI intervention and planned debt buyback

The Reserve Bank of India also announced the government will buy back 200 billion rupees ($3.10 billion) of bonds on Dec 18

Indian bonds best performers in Asia in 2016: Nomura

Nomura said its India economist Sonal Varma expects only one more rate cut in this cycle

Indian bonds rally ahead of CPI data, RBI governor announcement

Foreign investors bought a net $76 million worth of Indian government debt on Monday, their highest purchase in four sessions