Feb 01, 2018 17:33:42 (IST)
Indian bonds slumped today after the government set a slightly wider-than-expected budget deficit target for the next fiscal year, while shares clawed back earlier bigger losses as investors welcomed spending in key areas of the slowing economy, news agency Reuters reported. But analysts said the falls in bonds may not be sustained in the near term given the widening in the deficit was not as large as some investors had feared.