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Russia’s next foreign-currency debt payment is due March 16, according to Bloomberg data, and pricing on that debt reflects substantial risk, as it was quoted around 30 cents on the dollar.

The issuance had a base issue size of ₹250 crore and green shoe option of 750 crore

The bonds carry coupon rate of 8.07 per cent per annum

Dow Jones futures dropped, bonds rallied Friday, as Russia seized a Ukrainian nuclear power plant. February''s jobs report is up next.

Yields for U.S. government bonds were retreating Friday morning as clashes in Ukraine picked up steam, with Russia seizing a Ukrainian power plant.

The said Tier I bonds are perpetual in nature. However, it can be called back by the issuer after the fifth year from the deemed date of allotment.

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The temporary suspension follows the freezing of the country’s assets abroad, the Russian Central Bank explained Interest payments to foreign investors holding Russian government bonds will be temporarily suspended, the country’s Central Bank announced on Wednesday. The move comes after some $400 billion of the nation’s reserves were frozen abroad as part of sanctions over the invasion of Ukraine. Coupon payments for foreigners holding ruble-denominated sovereign debt (or OFZs) have been banned, and Russian companies have also been prohibited from paying dividends to overseas shareholders. The Central Bank did not specify how long the suspension, which doesn’t apply to domestic investors, would last. The measure is aimed at preventing the withdrawal of funds from the financial market and mass sales of Russian securities, the media has reported, citing a statement from the regulator’s press service. A ban on the writing-off of securities from the accounts of foreign investors has also been introduced.

Bond traders are delivering a swift, punishing verdict on the expected hit to Russian corporations from the Ukraine war. In short, it’s turning the country into a nation of junk bonds.

Inter-bank lending rates are expected to close low this month as inflow worth N1.0 trillion is estimated to hit the financial market, according to Afrinvest Securities Limited. The inter-bank rates consist of Overnight rate, which is the interest rate that banks charge each other for overnight lending, and Open Repo (OPR) rate, a short-term agreement to sell securities in order to buy them back at a slightly higher price. The inflow is expected to come from maturities and coupon payment, a report by Afrinvest stated. However, inflows may subdue money market rates, prompting the CBN to mop-up liquidity via more auction volumes than in February as well as discretionary Cash Reserve (CRR) debits thereby keeping money market rates elevated. Nevertheless, “we do not expect stop rates and auction volumes to deviate significantly from current levels,’’ analysts at Afrinvests said. After maintaining a robust level through January, system liquidity weakened in February spurred by Open Market Operation (OMO) auctions (N270.0bn) and primary market sales of T-bills and FGN Bonds (N778.2bn).

India had canceled two previous auctions citing its comfortable cash position as bond yields surged after the government unveiled a record borrowing plan for the next fiscal year. Still, the government last week said it will raise its borrowings through Treasury bills to Rs 1.86 lakh crore in March, from an earlier aim of Rs 1.26 lakh crore.

Share market LIVE updates: Asian stocks and equity futures sank on Friday and havens including sovereign bonds jumped on reports that a major nuclear power plant is on fire in Ukraine after shelling by Russian troops

Maryland’s State Retirement and Pension System currently holds $28 million in Russian stocks and bonds, but state officials told the legislature’s Joint Committee on Pensions on Thursday that they are working hard to divest from Russia entirely.

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