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Mumbai, Sept. 9

Bond prices gained by around 70 paise buoyed by falling oil prices and Dr Subbarao’s comments on inflation. There was also a lot of demand by banks for government securities to meet their SLR requirements, said dealers.

Total traded volumes on the order matching system were at Rs 7,980 crore (Rs 7,930 crore). The 8.24 per cent-10 year-2018 paper opened at Rs 98.42 (8.48 per cent YTM) and closed at Rs 99.03 (8.38 per cent YTM), against the previous close of Rs 98.32 (8.49 per cent YTM). The second highly traded security, 8.24 per cent-19 year-2027 paper opened at Rs 92.7 (9.05 per cent YTM) and closed at Rs 93.88 (8.92 per cent YTM). –

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