Indias trillion-dollar sovereign bond market is gearing up for a rush of foreign money in the run-up to inclusion in JPMorgan Chase & Co.s emerging markets bond index in June.
India Business News: Indian sovereign bonds, coming off the best annual performance in three years, are poised for further gains on expectations that their upcoming inclus.
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The benchmark 10-year sovereign yield fell 15 basis points last year, the most in three years. It’s expected to slide by more than 30 basis points by the end of 2024 from 7.22% on Thursday, according to the median estimate in a Bloomberg survey.
"U.S. yields and oil prices have been the major triggers for government bond yield movements off late. In the absence of any major trigger domestically, these factors will continue to drive bond yields," said Badrish Kulhalli, head of fixed income at HDFC Life Insurance.