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Govt bond yields soften, ₹ eases post RBI MPC outcome
Business Standard
|October 02, 2025
Government bond yields softened by six basis points on Wednesday after the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting, with market participants saying that RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra’s remarks about room for easing rates buoyed the gilts market.
The yield on the benchmark 10-year government bond settled at 6.52 per cent, against the previous close of 6.58 per cent. “The remarks were dovish as he said that there can be room for rate cuts. The outcome of the policy was better than e
This story is from the October 02, 2025 edition of Business Standard.
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