Rupee flat against dollar
Mumbai: The rupee was unchanged against the dollar on Tuesday and opened at 44.78/80, traded between 44.82 and 44.84 levels, to finally close at 44.83/84 against the previous close of 44.83/85 on Monday. "

A dealer with a private bank said, "The industrial output grew at 6.2 per cent in October which was below market expectations, impacting the rupee," he said.

Forwards: In forwards, the six-month closed at 2.79 per cent (2.68 per cent) and the 12-month ended at 2.47 per cent (2.42 per cent).

Bonds: The bond market continued to be bearish. Total traded volumes were at Rs3,215 crore (Rs2,780 crore). The ten-year yield hardened by 10 basis points.

G-secs: The 7.59 per cent - 10 year-2016 paper opened at Rs100.42 (7.52 per cent YTM) and closed at Rs 99.73 (7.63 per cent YTM), down from Monday's Rs100.36 (7.53 per cent YTM). The 8.07 per cent - 11 year-2017 paper opened at Rs103.72 (7.53 per cent YTM) and ended at Rs102.98 (7.64 per cent YTM), against Monday's Rs103.7 (7.54 per cent YTM).

Call rates: Call rates jumped to 7.25-7.35 per cent against 6.55 per cent and 6.65 per cent on Monday, due to tight liquidity in the system.

Reverse repo: In the first one-day reverse-repo auction under LAF, the RBI received and accepted three bids for Rs 175 crore and in the first one-day repo auction, the RBI received and accepted eight bids for Rs2,010 crore. In the second one-day reverse-repo auction, the RBI accepted and received seven bids for Rs9,440 crore and in the second one-day repo auction, it received and accepted eight bids for Rs2,010 crore.

CBLO: The CBLO market saw 426 trades aggregating to Rs22,868.30 crore in the 6.7 per cent-7.9 per cent range.
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