For 32 Minutes, Everything Was Quiet in India’s Bond Market
- Tuesday’s trading volume drops to a fraction of 2020 average
- Market sees RBI actions as piecemeal, Quantum Advisors says
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The first signs that India’s $790 billion sovereign bond market is cracking under the strain of the coronavirus pandemic showed up on Tuesday.
For half an hour after trading started, nobody bought or sold a bond on the Reserve Bank of India’s platform. Volumes were just 72.1 billion rupees ($930 million) as of 5 pm close in Mumbai, compared with the year’s daily average of 450 billion rupees.