Election Results Projected to Affect Bond Market
21 July 2014 18:48 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – The announcement of the presidential election results by the General Elections Commission (KPU) was projected to cause the bond market to continue to strengthen—given a favorable situation.
“The bond will strengthen at least to 65 basis points. Meanwhile, the weakening potential would reach 80 to 105 basis points,” Reza Priyambada, the research head at Trust Securities, said on Sunday, July 20, 2014.
The government will host a state bond (SUN) auction on July 22 with an indicative value of Rp10 trillion (US$835 million). The bond market slightly strengthened last week since market makers were still holding their decision and waiting for the presidential vote tally results. The rupiah depreciation, meanwhile, is hampering the potential of further increase.
On Tuesday, July 15, 2014, the government held a state sharia bond auction for SPN-S 02012015, PBS005 and PBS006 through Bank Indonesia’s auction system. The largest offer made during the auction was Rp1.595 trillion. The largest portion of offering was made for SPN-S 02012015 at Rp1.27 trillion. The lowest yield was 6.72 percent and the highest one was 8.75 percent.
AYU WANDARI