Which SGB to buy

Out of the below SGBs issued till date , I am confused which SGB to buy .

  1. Is there any advantage if Buy SGB issued with highest price.
  2. Is there any advantage if buy from recently issued SGB
  3. is there any advantage if buy the oldest since 5 year lock in period is over .
S.No. Tranche Date of Issuance Date of Listing Date of Maturity NSE Symbol BSE Symbol
1 2015-I Nov 30, 2015 Jun 13, 2016 Nov 30, 2023 SGBNOV23 34 SGB20151 9
2 2016-I Feb 08, 2016 Aug 29, 2016 Feb 08, 2024 SGBFEB24 2 SGB2016I 3
3 2016-II Mar 29, 2016 Aug 29, 2016 Mar 29, 2024 SGBMAR24 3 SGB2016II 1
4 2016-17 Series I Aug 5, 2016 Sep 01, 2016 Aug 5, 2024 SGBAUG24 2 SGBAUG24
5 2016-17 Series II Sep 30, 2016 Oct 19, 2016 Sep 30, 2024 SGBSEP24 1 SGB2016IIA
6 2016-17 Series III Nov 17, 2016 Dec 09, 2016 Nov 17, 2024 SGBNOV24 SGB2016IIIA 2
7 2016-17 Series IV Mar 17, 2017 Apr 13, 2017 Mar 17, 2025 SGBMAR25 1 SGB2016IV 2
8 2017-18 Series I May 12, 2017 Jun 02, 2017 May 12, 2025 SGBMAY25 1 SGBMAY25
9 2017-18 Series II Jul 28, 2017 Aug 08, 2017 Jul 28, 2025 SGBJUL25 SGBJULY25
10 2017-18 Series III Oct 16, 2017 Oct 30, 2017 Oct 16, 2025 SGBOCT25 SGBOCT25A
11 2017-18 Series IV Oct 23, 2017 Oct 30, 2017 Oct 23, 2025 SGBOCT25IV SGBOCT25
12 2017-18 Series V Oct 30, 2017 Nov 07, 2017 Oct 30, 2025 SGBOCT25V SGBOCT25B
13 2017-18 Series VI Nov 06, 2017 Nov 14, 2017 Nov 06, 2025 SGBNOV25VI 3 SGBNOV25
14 2017-18 Series VII Nov 13, 2017 Nov 17, 2017 Nov 13, 2025 SGBNOV25 1 SGBNOV25A
15 2017-18 Series VIII Nov 20, 2017 Nov 24, 2017 Nov 20, 2025 SGBNOV258 1 SGBNOV25B
16 2017-18 Series IX Nov 27, 2017 Nov 30, 2017 Nov 27, 2025 SGBNOV25IX 1 SGBNOV25C
17 2017-18 Series X Dec 04, 2017 Dec 11, 2017 Dec 04, 2025 SGBDEC25 2 SGBDEC25
18 2017-18 Series XI Dec 11, 2017 Dec 15, 2017 Dec 11, 2025 SGBDEC25XI 1 SGBDEC25A 2
19 2017-18 Series XII Dec 18, 2017 Dec 21, 2017 Dec 18, 2025 SGBDEC2512 SGBDEC25B 1
20 2017-18 Series XIII Dec 26, 2017 Jan 01, 2018 Dec 26, 2025 SGBDEC2513 SGBDEC25C 2
21 2017-18 Series XIV Jan 01, 2018 Jan 08, 2018 Jan 01, 2026 SGBJAN26 1 SGBJAN26
22 2018-19 Series I May 04, 2018 May 11, 2018 May 04, 2026 SGBMAY26 SGBMAY26
23 2018-19 Series II Oct 23, 2018 Oct 31, 2018 Oct 23, 2026 SGBOCT26 SGBOCT26
24 2018-19 Series III Nov 13, 2018 Nov 27, 2018 Nov 13, 2026 SGBNOV26 SGBNOV26
25 2018-19 Series IV Jan 01, 2019 Jan 17, 2019 Jan 01, 2027 SGBDEC26 2 SGBDEC26 2
26 2018-19 Series V Jan 22, 2019 Jan 31, 2019 Jan 22, 2027 SGBJAN27 1 SGBJAN27
27 2018-19 Series VI Feb 12, 2019 Feb 22, 2019 Feb 12, 2027 SGBFEB27 SGBFEB27
28 2019-20 Series I Jun 11, 2019 Jun 18, 2019 Jun 11, 2027 SGBJUN27 1 SGBJUNE27
29 2019-20 Series II Jul 16, 2019 Aug 05, 2019 Jul 16, 2027 SGBJUL27 SGBJULY27
30 2019-20 Series III Aug 14, 2019 Aug 23, 2019 Aug 14, 2027 SGBAUG27 3 SGBAUG27
31 2019-20 Series IV Sep 17, 2019 Sep 23, 2019 Sep 17, 2027 SGBSEP27 1 SGBSEP27
32 2019-20 Series V Oct 15, 2019 Oct 25, 2019 Oct 15, 2027 SGBOCT27 SGBOCT27
33 2019-20 Series VI Oct 30, 2019 Nov 06, 2019 Oct 30, 2027 SGBOCT27VI SGBOCT27A
34 2019-20 Series VII Dec 10, 2019 Dec 19, 2019 Dec 10, 2027 SGBDC27VII SGBDEC27
35 2019-20 Series VIII Jan 21, 2020 Jan 27, 2020 Jan 21, 2028 SGBJ28VIII SGBJAN28 3
36 2019-20 Series IX Feb 11, 2020 Feb 17, 2020 Feb 11, 2028 SGBFEB28IX SGBFEB28
37 2019-20 Series X Mar 11, 2020 Mar 25, 2020 Mar 11, 2028 SGBMAR28X 3 SGBMAR28
38 2020-21 Series I Apr 28, 2020 May 13, 2020 Apr 28, 2028 SGBAPR28I SGBAPR28
39 2020-21 Series II May 19, 2020 May 27, 2020 May 19, 2028 SGBMAY28 2 SGBMAY28
40 2020-21 Series III Jun 16, 2020 Jun 24, 2020 Jun 16, 2028 SGBJUN28 4 SGBJUN28 1
41 2020-21 Series IV Jul 14, 2020 Jul 28, 2020 Jul 14, 2028 SGBJUL28IV 3 SGBJULY28 2
42 2020-21 Series V Aug 11, 2020 Aug 21, 2020 Aug 11, 2028 SGBAUG28V 8 SGBAUG28 4
43 2020-21 Series VI Sep 08, 2020 Sep 23, 2020 Sep 08, 2028 SGBSEP28VI 4 SGBSEP28 2
44 2020-21 Series VII Oct 20, 2020 Oct 29, 2020 Oct 20, 2028 SGBOC28VII 5 SGBOCT28 1
45 2020-21 Series VIII Nov 18, 2020 Dec 02, 2020 Nov 18, 2028 SGBN28VIII 4 SGBNOV28 3
46 2020-21 Series IX Jan 05, 2021 Jan 15, 2021 Jan 05, 2029 SGBJAN29IX 4 SGBJAN29 2
47 2020-21 Series X Jan 19, 2021 Jan 27, 2021 Jan 19, 2029 SGBJAN29X 6 SGBJAN29A 8
48 2020-21 Series XI Feb 09, 2021 Feb 16, 2021 Feb 09, 2029 SGBFEB29XI 2 SGBFEB29
49 2020-21 Series XII Mar 09, 2021 Mar 19, 2021 Mar 09, 2029 SGBMR29XII 1 SGBMAR29 2
50 2021-22 Series I May 25, 2021 Jun 04, 2021 May 25, 2029 SGBMAY29I 6 SGBMAY29 2
51 2021-22 Series II Jun 01, 2021 Jun 07, 2021 Jun 01, 2029 SGBJUN29II 2 SGBJUNE29 4
52 2021-22 Series III Jun 08, 2021 Jun 14, 2021 Jun 08, 2029 SGBJU29III 5 SGBJUN29A 2
53 2021-22 Series IV Jul 20, 2021 Jul 27, 2021 Jul 20, 2029 SGBJUL29IV 3 SGBJUN29B 4
54 2021-22 Series V Aug 17, 2021 Aug 24, 2021 Aug 17, 2029 SGBAUG29V 4 SGBAUG29
55 2021-22 Series VI Sep 07, 2021 Sep 14, 2021 Sep 07, 2029 SGBSEP29VI 3 SGBSEP29 1
56 2021-22 Series VII Nov 02, 2021 Nov 10, 2021 Nov 02, 2029 SGBNV29VII 2 SGBNOV29 2
57 2021-22 Series VIII Dec 07, 2021 Dec 13, 2021 Dec 07, 2029 SGBD29VIII 9 SGBDEC29 2
58 2021-22 Series IX Jan 18, 2022 Jan 25, 2022 Jan 18, 2030 SGBJAN30IX 9 SGBJAN30 5
59 2021-22 Series X Mar 08, 2022 Mar 14, 2022 Mar 08, 2030 SGBMAR30X 9 SGBMARCH30
  1. Buy which is liquid enough.
  2. Buying from secondary market is good thing. I have seen iys available on discounts.
  3. Below is the link where you can find which sgb are trading at discount

https://fincues.com/goldbonds

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Thanks for the link , it helped a bit .