Bond yields trade higher on Monday

11 Feb 2019 Evaluate

Bond yields traded higher on Monday, as traders remained concerned with International Monetary Fund’s report it has warned Governments to gear up for a possible economic storm as growth undershoots expectations. It said, ‘The bottom-line we see an economy that is growing more slowly than we had anticipated.’

In the global market, US Treasury yields fell for a fourth straight session on Friday, pressured by global equity market losses on concerns there would be no trade deal between the United States and China by the deadline. Furthermore, Oil prices fell by more than 1 percent as US drilling activity picked up and as a refinery fire in the US state of Illinois resulted in the shutdown of a large crude distillation unit.

Back home, the yields on new 10 year Government Stock were trading 3 basis points higher at 7.55% from its previous close of 7.52% on Friday.

The benchmark five-year interest rates were trading 7 basis points higher at 7.27% from its previous close of 7.20% on Friday.

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