Good Morning Treasurers,
This is your host Parthesh Shah, from of Knight Fintech and you are listening to Knight Snippets.
Here is what you need to know before going into trade for 20-Jan-2022.

International Market:
- US 10-year yields were on a roll, but finally retreated from intra-day high of 1.90%
- US 10-year now closed at 1.83%, and 30-year at 2.14% on Tuesday
- US 2-year is now at 1.06%, trading first time above 1.00% in last 2-years
- On a very notable journey, German 10-year bunds are now trading positive at 0.02% for the first time since May 2019
- Market strategists are now confident that gone are the days for negative yields for German 10-years

Crude Oil Market:
- Crude is trading at $87.63/bbl
- Crude Short Term Range: $84-88
- Crude has not breached $90/bbl mark for now, and that is a sign of relief

Currency Market:
- Dollar index (DXY) is at: 95.45
- DXY today's range: 95.30 - 95.56
- USDCNY or Chinese yuan is at 6.34
- USDINR with a low of 74.60, closed at 74.58
Support: 74.30
Resistance: 74.65
- As crude is off the high and did not cross $90 mark, there will be some relief in rupee weakness story
- But, structurally we are seeing rupee sliding for the next 6-months

Domestic Market:
- There was a feeling in the market expecting RBI buying in the secondary market
- It seems, it was a second successive day where RBI was intervening in the secondary market to cap yields
- There are also expectations in the market that Finance Minister may consider a capital gains tax waiver in the Union Budget for global debt investors.
- The move would set the stage for India's inclusion into global bond indices of Bloomberg-Barclays and JP Morgan

- 5.63 GS 2026 closed at 5.94% Vs 5.94%;
- 6.10 GS 2031 closed at 6.60% Vs 6.62%;
- 6.67 GS 2035 closed at 7.07% Vs 7.08%;

Trading strategy:
- SDL buy call in auction worked-out well
- Market to remain positive with a range-bound action

Strategic call:
- 5.74 GS 2026 at 6.06% is again attractive and had recommended a BUY near 98.65

Trading Range:
- 6.10 GS 2031 range: 6.60% - 6.65%
- Next support: 6.65%

That's it for today.

See you tomorrow with a new episode of Knight Snippets.