Bond yields trade higher on Monday

04 Feb 2019 Evaluate

Bond yields traded higher on Monday, as traders remained concerned with Moody’s Investors Service’s report that the government will find it difficult to meet the fiscal deficit target of 3.4 per cent in 2019-20 on account on higher spending and low revenue growth.

In the global market, January's surge in US job growth pushed Treasury yields up on Friday just days after the Federal Reserve expressed caution about further interest rate hikes this year. Furthermore, Crude oil prices slipped after gains of about 3 percent in the previous session, but they were buoyed by expectations of tightening supply and signs that China-US trade tensions could ease.

Back home, the yields on new 3 year Government Stock were trading 6 basis points higher at 7.64% from its previous close of 7.61% on Friday.

The benchmark five-year interest rates were trading 4 basis points higher at 7.42% from its previous close of 7.38% on Friday.

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