Bond yields edged lower on Friday on expectations the Reserve Bank of India will have scope to cut its key lending rate later this month after the US Federal Reserve kept its interest rates unchanged. Traders feared a rate hike on Thursday would have sparked volatility in emerging markets and kept the RBI from cutting the repo rate for a fourth time this year at its policy review on Sept. 29. Some support also came with Minister of State for Finance Jayant Sinha’s statement that the government is aiming for an 8-10 percent annual economic growth through supply-side measures to increase the capacity of Asia`s third-largest economy rather than risk higher inflation by stimulating demand.
In the global market, US Treasury yields fell on Thursday, with two-year yields declining the most in one-day in six and a half years, after the Federal Reserve kept rates unchanged in its policy meeting. Furthermore, Oil prices declined on fresh signs that the Middle East will continue to prioritise market share over prices, while the United States kept interest rates at historic lows on worries over the health of the global economy.
Back home, the yields on new 10 year Government Stock were trading 5 basis points higher at 7.70% from its previous close at 7.75% on Wednesday.
The benchmark five year yields were trading 6 basis points higher at 7.84% from its previous close at 7.90% on Wednesday.
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