* Bond yields end steady after choppy trade
* Higher oil prices, tight cash weigh on sentiment
* Overnight rates end around 12.5 pct, cbank injects funds
(Updates to close)
By Anurag Joshi
MUMBAI, Sept 19 (Reuters) - Indian federal bond yields ended
steady after a choppy session on Friday, with traders worried
about how long cash conditions would remain tight and oil's rise
back to $100 a barrel.
The 10-year benchmark bond yield <IN082418G=CC> ended at 8.39
percent, steady with Thursday's close.
The yield hit an intraday peak of 8.43 percent in early
trade, its highest since Sept. 9, according to Reuters data, but
then eased to 8.29 percent after the central bank injected more
than 590 billion ($12.9 billion) of funds into the market at its
morning market operations.
The yield then rose again as investors worries that despite
the extra funds -- and the central bank injected 243.75 billion
rupees in its afternoon repo auction -- cash would remain tight.
Volume was a normal 57 billion rupees ($1.2 billion) on the
central bank's trading platform.
"We don't expect an easing in cash conditions very soon," a
trader with a private bank said.
Overnight call money rates <INROND=> ended at 12.25/12.5
percent, higher than Thursday's close of 10.0/10.25 percent, and
well above 6 percent seen when cash is ample.
A rise in oil prices <CLc1> back over $100 a barrel from a
seven-month low of $90.51 this week also made investors cautious.
India imports about 70 percent of its oil and rising prices raise
worries about the impact on inflation.
Data on Thursday showed the wholesale price index <INWPI=ECI>
rose 12.14 percent in the 12 months to Sept. 6, marginally above
the earlier week's 12.1 percent and exceeding a forecast of 12.09
percent in a Reuters poll.
($1=45.8 Indian rupees)
(Editing by John Mair)
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