India's ultra-short-term borrowing costs spike; premium over policy rate hits 4-year high
India's 182-day and 364-day treasury bill yields climbed to 18-month highs at Wednesday's auction, while premiums over the RBI's 5.5% repo rate reached their highest levels since November 2022. Investors are factoring in further monetary tightening following the central bank's recent rate hike and hawkish guidance, market participants said.
In early October, freight rates for Russian oil shipments to India hit record highs, according to a Reuters report. The surge is attributed to heightened risks in the Black Sea and a continuing rise in the global tanker market, as stated in the report.
Russia faces challenges in maximizing profits from high oil prices due to the escalating freight costs. Most crude volumes from Russia's western ports must be transported to Asian markets, particularly India and China, through lengthy and costly export routes. As of now, freight costs for exporting Urals crude to Asia amount to approximately $30 per barrel or more, based on traders' insights and calculations.
The cost of transporting Urals crude from the Black Sea to India on Suezmax tankers, with an approximate deadweight capacity of 140,000 metric tons, has reached a record level of $27 million to $30 million per one-way voyage. This is a significant increase from around $19 million in September, according to traders.
The rise in Urals freight rates comes amidst record global hydrocarbon shipping costs, as reported by Investing.com.
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- Russia oil freight rates to India hit record high in October hellenicshippingnews.com
