Gilts end marginally down on profit-sales

Government bonds gave up early gains and ended marginally lower on Wednesday as traders booked profits and speculation that the RBI may not offer support to bring down bond yields through policy easing or by open market purchases of gilts through auctions.

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This was after market talk that the central bank had held meetings with bank economists, dealers said. Prices were off the day's lows on likely purchases by state-owned banks in small