WARSAW: Poland will offer 0.5 billion zlotys ($158.5 million) in bonds maturing in July 2015 and 1.0 billion zlotys in bonds due April 2018 at a supplementary tender on Tuesday, the finance ministry said in a statement. Copyright Reuters, 2013
NEW YORK: US government debt prices rose on Monday on news of weaker-than-expected home resales in March and the implications of waning inflation.Slower inflation causes real interest rates to rise and leaves the door open for the Federal Reserve to continue its large-scale purchases of bonds and even to increase them.Federal Reserve Bank of New York President William Dudley told a conference on transatlantic economic interdependence on Monday that the US central bank's stimulative asset-purchase ...
LONDON: German Bund futures erased losses on Monday with traders citing reports of comments from European Central Bank Vice President Vitor Constancio which prompted increased bets of an interest rate cut."The ECB's tone has been pretty dovish...they are telling us that they are lining up for a rate cut," a trader said.Bund futures were flat at 146.03, bouncing off a day's low of 145.72 hit earlier after an Italian presidential deal raised prospects of a ...
TOKYO: Japanese government bond prices gained on Friday, with the superlong sector continuing to outperform after this week's smooth 20-year sale and as market participants welcomed the Bank of Japan's change to its bond-buying operations.The BoJ said late on Thursday that it will increase the frequency of its JGB purchases to eight times a month from six, while keeping its planned total amount of monthly purchases at its initially announced 7.5 trillion yen ($76.36 billion).The ...
NEW YORK: Prices for US Treasuries gained on Thursday as lukewarm data pointed to a long slog of a recovery in the world's biggest economy, fueling bids for safe-haven investments.The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits rose last week and factory activity in the nation's Mid-Atlantic region cooled in April, further signs of a moderation in economic growth."Over the last month to month and a half, the bond market has anticipated that ...
MUMBAI: RBI says receives 144 bids for 116.01 bn rupees at 2042 bond auction * Accepts 21 bids for 29.82 bn rupees at 2042 bond auction Partial allotment of 69.09 pct on 3 bids at 2042 bond auctionAccepts all 5 non-competitive bids for 177.9 mn rupees at 2042 bond auction Copyright Reuters, 2013
LONDON: Spain sold 4.71 billion euros of government bonds on Wednesday, with its borrowing costs falling as expectations of further monetary easing in the euro zone spurred investors to snap up higher yielding debt.The Jan. 31, 2023 bond sold at an average yield of 4.612 percent, compared with 4.898 percent at a March sale of the paper and a 5.01 percent average at this year's auctions. Investors bid for 2.6 times the amount allocated versus ...