Bond yields trade lower on Friday

03 Mar 2017 Evaluate

Bond yields edged lower on Friday on sustained demand from corporates and banks. Sentiments got some support with report that India's services industry returned to growth in February for the first time in four months, as demand slowly recovers after the government's cash crackdown late last year. The Nikkei/IHS Markit Services Purchasing Managers' Index rose to 50.3 in February from 48.7 in January, marginally above the 50-mark that separates growth from contraction.

In the global market, U.S. Treasury yields hit their highest in more than 7-1/2 years on Thursday, while other U.S. yields hit multi-week or multi-month highs on increasing expectations that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates at its March meeting. Furthermore, crude oil rose as the market took a breather after three days of decline, but prices are being anchored by Russia's output remaining unchanged in February, indicating weak compliance on a global deal to cut supplies.

Back home, the yields on new 10 year Government Stock were trading 5 basis points lower at 6.79% from its previous close of 6.84% on Thursday.

The benchmark five-year interest rates were trading 1 basis point lower at 7.01% from its previous close of 7.02% on Thursday.

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