INDIA BONDS – Indian bonds remained within reach ahead of debt offering

Indian government bonds were little changed on Thursday as traders braced for Friday’s debt sale, after which the focus will shift to the central bank’s interest rate and liquidity path.The benchmark 10-year yield settled at 6.5324%, up from 6.5323% on Wednesday, staying within this week’s narrow range of 6.52%-6.55%. Yields briefly broke above 6.55% three […]

Indian bonds are slightly lower after the euphoria of joining the Bloomberg index has calmed down

Indian government bonds fell slightly on Wednesday after a short-lived rally on hopes of a possible inclusion in the Bloomberg Global Aggregate Index.The benchmark 10-year yield closed at 6.5323%, down from 6.5258% in the previous session. Indian newspaper Business Standard reported on Tuesday that major foreign investors responded positively to Bloomberg Index Services’ advice on […]

RBI’s share of outstanding government bonds rising, bond yields likely to remain within a range: SBI report

According to a recent report by the State Bank of India (SBI), the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) share of outstanding government bonds (G-secs) has increased noticeably over the past year. The report said that the RBI’s stake increased to 14.2 percent in June 2025, compared to 11.9 percent in June 2024 and 10.6 percent […]

RBI allows participants to use municipal bonds as collateral in overnight repo transactions

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has allowed money market participants to pledge municipal bonds for borrowing in the overnight market under repo operations (Repo), the regulator said on Tuesday.Unlisted companies holding government securities will also be considered eligible participants for repo transactions, the RBI said. “Eligible participants include all unlisted companies having special securities […]

India government bonds slightly lower as traders look ahead to government bond auction for signals

Indian government bonds trudged sideways for most of the session on Monday to end marginally lower, with traders awaiting more robust signals starting with Tuesday’s sovereign debt auction. The yield on the 10-year benchmark bond stood at 6.5464%, after closing at 6.5345% on Friday. Bond yields rise when prices fall.Indian states will raise 178 billion […]

Seeking higher returns: RBI’s Retail Direct platform is seeing healthy interest from retail investors

Along with the jump in total accounts opened, primary market subscriptions for treasury bills, floating rate savings bonds, central government dated securities, government bonds and government gold bonds through the platform also rose 37 percent year-on-year to ₹ 7,302 crore as on September 29, 2025 | Photo credit: The total number of accounts opened on […]

The costs of borrowing the government rise in the midst of the soothing interest regime

Fresh 10-year G-SEC cuts under old paper, somewhat | Photocredit: Designer491 The costs of borrowing the government have risen, even if the reserve Bank of India heralds a softer interest regime, whereby the market is not prepared to alleviate the proceeds. This is confirmed by the auction of the new 10-year Government Security (G-SEC/GS), performed […]