Bond yields trade flat on Friday

01 Jan 2016 Evaluate

Bond yields remained flat as investors remained cautious on report that India's core sector contracted 1.3% in November after expanding for six consecutive months, dragged down by a sharp decline in steel production due to weak demand and imports.  The fall in core sector output may curb industrial growth, which reached a five-year high of 9.8% in October.

In the global market, U.S. Treasuries prices rose on Thursday to end the year higher than expected by many investors and with the yield curve flatter than in 2014. Furthermore, Oil futures ended higher Thursday in the final trading session of 2015, but posted a steep annual drop for the second year in a row as markets continue to wrestle with a global glut of crude.

Back home, the yields on new 10 year Government Stock were trading flat from its previous close at 7.75% on Thursday.

The benchmark five-year interest rates were trading flat from its previous close at 7.73% on Thursday.     

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