Bond yields traded flat on Wednesday as investors remained cautious ahead of a buyback of sovereign papers by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on February 16, 2017.
In the global market, U.S. Treasury yields jumped on Tuesday after Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said it would be unwise to wait too long to raise interest rates, striking a more hawkish tone than investors expected. Furthermore, oil prices dipped over concerns that producer club OPEC would not be able to maintain its high compliance so far with output cuts aimed at reining in a global fuel supply overhang.
Back home, the yields on new 10 year Government Stock were trading flat at its previous close at 6.87% on Tuesday.
The benchmark five-year interest rates were trading 9 basis points higher at 6.94% from its previous close of 6.85% on Tuesday.
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