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Weekly Newsletter - 17th November, 2023

Team Harmoney

The recent rally in the Indian 10Y has priced in all good news, be it easing in US 10Y, CPI numbers and fall in crude price. Yet, the Indian 10Y has failed to break 7.20 levels, going forward market participants expect Indian 10Y to trade in the range of 7.20 to 7.40.

Indian Debt

  • The interbank call money rate ended at 6.77%.
  • The Government bond yield moved down by 5bps during the week as the CPI numbers released were on the expected line.
  • The yield of the 10-year benchmark 7.18% 2033 bond ended at 7.23%. The 10Y paper moved down by 5bps during the week from 7.28 to 7.23
Debt Market Indicators Close Last week Close
Repo rate 6.5 6.5
91 Days Tbill 6.94 6.92
364 Days Tbill 7.13 7.15
1 Y CP Rate 7.8 7.8
1 Y CD Rate 7.7 7.7
5 Y Gilt 7.21 7.25
5 Y Corp bond 7.72 7.72
10 Y Gilt 7.23 7.28
10 Y Corp bond 7.85 7.87
  • The Indian rupee has remained flat during the week.
  • The Rupee has remained flat as the FII activity in the equity market during the week has seen a net inflow of INR 73 Crores.
  • The Brent prices have come down significantly from $81 to $77 per barrel; the downward movement in the Brent price can be attributed to rising inventory and weakening demand from US and China.
Indian Indicies Close Last week Close
Sensex 65,982 64,652
Nifty 19,765 19,353

General News

  • The Indian CPI number for the month of October was at 4.87% and for the US it came down to 3.20%
  • The Market will be keen on reading the FOMC minutes which will be released on 22nd November, 2023.
Gloabal Indices Close Last week close
DJIA 34,945 33,892
NASDAQ 14,113 13,521
US 10-Y 4.43 4.61
USD/INR 83.225 83.280
Brent (USD) 77.78 81.00

Primary Issues

Issuer Name Ratings Tenor Issue Size +
Greenshoe
Open Date Exchange
Axis Finance Limited CRISIL-AAA 5 Years 200 Cr 17-Nov-23 NSE
Shriram Housing Finance CRISIL-AA+ 10 Years 250 Cr 17-Nov-23 NSE

Top Traded Bonds

The top traded bonds in the market during the week (13th-17th Nov) are listed below:

ISIN Security Name Volume (Cr) Avg. yield %
INE020B08EQ1 7.71 REC Limited 31OCT33 1,780.00 7.70
INE020B08EP3 7.77 REC Limited 30SEP26 1,430.00 7.77
INE261F08DX0 7.58 NABARD 31JUL26 710.00 7.77
INE261F08DT8 7.50 NABARD 17DEC25 450.00 7.77