MUMBAI, April 6 (Reuters) -
STOCKS:
The benchmark BSE Sensex rose 143.66 points, or 0.24%,
to 59,832.97, while the broader NSE index gained 38.45
points, or 0.22%, to 17,595.5, aided by real estate and
financials stocks, after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) kept
its key policy rates unchanged. RUPEE:
The Indian rupee strengthened 0.12% versus the U.S.
dollar, and quoted at 81.8950 per dollar, while forward premiums
fell after the Reserve Bank of India surprised markets by
holding rates. GOVERNMENT BONDS:
The benchmark 10-year bond was quoted at 100.23
rupees, with the yield down 5 bps at 7.2235%, after the RBI, in
an unexpected move, kept policy rates unchanged against wide
expectations of a rate hike. OVERNIGHT INDEXED SWAPS:
The one-year overnight indexed swap rate was down
24 bps at 6.56%, while the benchmark five-year swap rate fell 18 bps to 6.08%.
CALL MONEY/REPOS:
India's overnight call money rate was up 10 bps at
6.35%. The overnight TREPS rate was at 4%,
compared with the previous day's weighted average of 6.2320%.
(Reporting by Anushka Trivedi)
anushka.trivedi.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net))
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