Bond yields traded higher on Friday, despite Niti Aayog’s report stated that the host of reforms undertaken by the government has transformed India into the fastest-growing major economy along with the macroeconomic stability not witnessed in the past.
In the global market, Treasury bond yields rose on Thursday on news of progress in US-China trade talks and as soft U.S. economic data was attributed to the abnormal factors of a federal government shutdown and the trade war. Furthermore, Oil prices fell after the United States reported its crude output hit a record 12 million barrels per day, undermining efforts by Middle East dominated producer club OPEC to withhold supply and tighten global markets.
Back home, the yields on new 10 year Government Stock were trading 3 basis points higher at 7.57% from its previous close of 7.54% on Thursday.
The benchmark five-year interest rates were trading 1 basis point higher at 7.16% from its previous close of 7.15% on Thursday.
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