Bond yields trade flat on Tuesday

14 Mar 2017 Evaluate

Bond yields traded flat on Tuesday, as inventors turned cautious after the wholesale price index-based inflation (WPI) jumped to a 39-month high of 6.55% in February compared to 5.25% in the previous month on the back of expensive food and fuel items, even as manufacturing products saw a decline in inflation. The data justifies the Reserve Bank of India's caution on loose monetary stance amid expected increase in interest rates in the United States in the next few days.

In the global market, U.S. Treasury yields edged higher on Monday with two-year yields reached their highest level since June 2009, in anticipation of a Federal Reserve interest rate increase on Wednesday, nervousness that the central bank could indicate a more aggressive pace of future rate hikes and new corporate bond supply. Furthermore, crude oil prices hovered near three-month lows, as investors await key reports and data that may shed light on a supply overhang in the global market.

Back home, the yields on new 10 year Government Stock were trading flat at its previous close of 6.90% on Friday.

The benchmark five year yields were trading 1 basis point lower at 7.09% from its previous close of 7.10% on Friday.

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