Bond yields trade higher on Monday

07 Jan 2019 Evaluate

Bond yields traded higher on Monday, as traders remained concerned with RBI study which showed that a sudden surge in crude prices can upset the nation’s key macro-stability parameters, as it can sharply spike the current account deficit (CAD), inflation and the fiscal numbers, whittling the benefits of higher growth.

In the global market, Treasury yields rose on Friday after the US employment report for December came in more robust than expected, and on the back of US equities, which hit session highs as Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell struck a dovish tone in a roundtable interview. Furthermore, Oil prices rose, lifted by optimism that talks could soon resolve the trade war between the United States and China, while supply cuts by major producers also supported the market.

Back home, the yields on new 10 year Government Stock were trading 6 basis points higher at 7.51% from its previous close of 7.45% on Friday.

The benchmark five-year interest rates were trading 5 basis points higher at 7.37% from its previous close of 7.32% on Friday.

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