Bond market

On Wednesday, SBI shares rose 1.65% to ₹310.70 apiece on the BSE while the benchmark Sensex gained 1.27% to end the day at 39,054.68 points. (Mint)

SBI gets board approval to raise up to $2.5 billion in bonds

1 min read . 25 Apr 2019

RBI has announced it would purchase government bonds worth ₹25,000 crore in two open market operations (OMOs) to infuse durable liquidity into India's banking system. (Mint)

Bond market cheers RBI OMO purchase plan, bond yields drop 5 bps

1 min read . 24 Apr 2019

The 10-year government bond yield ended at 7.475%

Bond yields rise to over 3-month high on oil price jitters

1 min read . 22 Apr 2019

Bond rally in India soon faces another headwind: Monsoon Season

Bond rally in India soon faces another headwind: Monsoon Season

2 min read . 16 Apr 2019

FIIs are expecting higher bond supplies due to the record government borrowing programme announced for 2019-20. (Vipul Sharma/Mint)

FIIs sell $1 billion in debt over 5 sessions on fears of higher bond supplies

2 min read . 06 Apr 2019

Banks are big borrowers from RBI term repos, although they have been lenders in the overnight operations. (Naveen Kumar Saini/Mint)

Why the bond market is not buying RBI’s friendly monetary policy

2 min read . 05 Apr 2019

Rupee, bond markets closed today due to annual bank closing

1 min read . 01 Apr 2019

Masala bond market revives as rupee gains and tax cut lures buyers

Masala bond market revives as rupee gains and tax cut lures buyers

1 min read . 26 Mar 2019

One by one, global bond markets are flashing the same warning

One by one, global bond markets are flashing the same warning

2 min read . 25 Mar 2019

Opening of the RBI forex swap window is seen boosting foreign investment into Indian bonds.

FPI investments in bonds cross $2 billion in March

2 min read . 26 Mar 2019

The strategy is offering lenders extra returns of about 100 basis points. Photo: Mint

Biggest India bond holders ditch government paper for state debt

1 min read . 22 Mar 2019

Shashikant Rathi, executive vice president and head of treasury and markets at Axis Bank.

King of Indian bond sales warns of the biggest crisis since Lehman

3 min read . 15 Mar 2019

Recent events—from the liquidity crisis in the last few weeks of 2018 to the more recent stickiness of bond yields despite expectations of monetary policy easing—suggest RBI needs to signal its durable liquidity intentions more effectively. (Abhijit Bhatlekar/Mint)

Cafe Economics

Opinion | The confusing message from the India bond market

4 min read . 13 Mar 2019

No relief for struggling bond market as RBI seen tightening money tap

1 min read . 10 Mar 2019

Giants of India Inc. wade into rupee bond market as costs drop

Giants of India Inc. wade into rupee bond market as costs drop

1 min read . 06 Mar 2019

The Asia dollar bond market's enjoying its best start in seven years, spurred by the dovish signals from the US Federal Reserve and China’s policy loosening. (Reuters)

Asia's dollar bond market hasn't been this hot for years

2 min read . 06 Mar 2019

India-Pakistan fallout hits rupee bonds as firms pull offerings

India-Pakistan fallout hits rupee bonds as firms pull offerings

1 min read . 28 Feb 2019

Open-market operations in January will take RBI’s purchases to Rs 2.48 trillion in the current fiscal, the highest in over a decade, according to DBS Bank. Photo: Abhijit Bhatlekar/Mint

Sell Indian bonds and pile into Philippine debt, says Aberdeen

2 min read . 10 Jan 2019

The rupee performed the worst among Asian currencies in eight years and was down 8.46% in 2018. Photo: Bloomberg

What’s in store for the rupee in the new year?

2 min read . 08 Jan 2019

Bond offering in India fell to a decadal low on 2018. Proceeds from corporate bond sales fell by 30% from 2017’s figure to $47.2 billion. Graphic: Mint

India Inc.’s bond with debt market weakens in 2018

1 min read . 05 Jan 2019