Bond yields trade lower on Friday

29 Dec 2017 Evaluate

Bond yields edged lower on Friday, on sustained demand from corporates and banks. However, gains were capped as some concern came with report from rating agency ICRA which has said that rising commodity prices, especially that of crude oil that has hit a three-year peak last week, will double current account deficit (CAD) to $39 billion or 1.5 per cent of GDP this fiscal year.

In the global market, U.S. government debt yields rose on Thursday after economic data showed the number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits was unchanged and the Chicago PMI beat expectations. Furthermore, US oil prices hit their highest levels since mid-2015 on the last trading day of the year as an unexpected fall in American production, as well as a fall in commercial crude inventories, stoked buying.

Back home, the yields on new 10 year Government Stock were trading 2 basis points lower at 7.38% from its previous close of 7.40% on Thursday. 

The benchmark five-year interest rates were trading flat at its previous close at 7.23% on Thursday. 

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