Bond yields traded lower on Thursday on the back of buying activity picking up in bonds. Sentiment got boosted after Finance Minister Arun Jaitley’s stated that the Centre ‘would invoke’ the price stabilization fund (PSF) to augment supplies and lower the rates. Some support also came with the wholesale price index (WPI) came in at -4.54 percent (provisional) for the month of September, 2015 (over September, 2014) as compared to -4.95% (provisional) for the previous month.
In the global market, U.S. Treasury yields hit their lowest levels in over a week on Wednesday after weaker-than-expected U.S. retail sales and producer prices data supported views the Federal Reserve would delay a rate hike until 2016. Furthermore, Crude oil futures extended their losses on Thursday after notching up declines every day so far this week, hit by growing U.S. stockpiles and an expanding global glut.
Back home, the yields on new 10 year Government Stock were trading 1 basis point lower at 7.54% from its previous close at 7.55% on Wednesday.
The benchmark five-year interest rates were trading 1 basis point lower at 7.63% from its previous close at 7.64% on Wednesday.
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