New Delhi: Overseas investors signalled strong demand for government bonds, and put in bids worth Rs 813 crore, oversubscribing a Rs 310 crore auction for debt securities by more than two times.
According to the bourse, the auction was held at ‘nse-ebid’ platform for allocation of investment limits in government debt securities worth Rs 310 crore (USD 50.2 million). The auction attracted bids for Rs 813 crore (USD 131.64 million). At the end of two-hour auction last evening, as many as 43 bids were made in the auction, of which 21 were declared successful. The debt auction quotas give overseas investors the right to invest in debt up to the limit purchased.
The equity market has also seen similar trends with overseas fund inflows of more than Rs 18,244 crore since the beginning of the year. Foreign investors have so far put in over Rs 23,000 crore in the debt market in 2015. As per market experts, overseas investors have been pumping money in the country’s debt market primarily on account of government’s reforms agenda and the RBI’s rate cut measure.
