Bond yields trade higher on Tuesday

13 Dec 2016 Evaluate

Bond yields edged higher on Tuesday ahead of Consumer Price Index (CPI) data which is expected to cool down for the month of November, as the data accommodates the impact of the government’s decision to demonetise high value currency notes that month. Investors also remained cautious ahead of the much-awaited US Federal Reserve's monetary policy statement due tomorrow.

In the global market, U.S. Treasury yields rose on Monday, with benchmark 10-year notes climbing to more than two-year peaks, after oil prices increased and as investors braced for a widely expected interest rate increase from the Federal Reserve this week. Furthermore, Oil prices were firm as the first signs of a crude production cut organised by OPEC and other exporters materialised, tightening a market that has been grappling with ballooning oversupply for over two years.

Back home, the yields on new 10 year Government Stock were trading 1 basis point higher at 6.45% from its previous close of 6.44% on Friday.

The benchmark five-year interest rates were trading 3 basis points lower at 6.39% from its previous close of 6.42% on Friday. 

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