Bond yields traded higher on Friday after a proposed wage increase for federal employees raised concern that the government may miss its fiscal-deficit target. Investors remained cautious with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor Raghuram Rajan’s statement that the drop in public and private investments was the main concerns about the country's economic growth. RBI has cut its growth forecast for the current fiscal year to 7.4% from 7.6% previously, well below the government's target of 8 to 8.5%.
In the global market, U.S. Treasuries fared better than short-dated issues for a second straight day on Thursday as a drop in jobless claims and other solid economic data supported the view the Federal Reserve will hike interest rates next month. Furthermore, Oil futures inched up in early Asian trading on Friday, but remained near three-month lows after a persistent supply glut has cut prices by up to 13 percent since the start of November.
Back home, the yields on new 10 year Government Stock were trading 2 basis points higher at 7.69% from its previous close at 7.67% on Thursday.
The benchmark five-year interest rates were trading 2 basis points higher at 7.76% from its previous close at 7.74% on Thursday.
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