Bond yields trade lower on Monday

08 Jul 2019 Evaluate

Bond yields traded lower on Monday, after the government in the federal budget announced plans to raise part of its borrowings from overseas markets.

In the global market, US Treasury yields rose across the board on Friday, after data showed the world's largest economy created far more jobs than expected in June, suggesting that the Federal Reserve will not aggressively cut interest rates later this month. Furthermore, Crude prices rose, adding to gains in the previous session on better-than-expected US jobs data, although gains were tempered by worries over the prolonged Sino-US trade war.

Back home, the yields on new 10 year Government Stock were trading 10 basis points lower at 6.60% from its previous close of 6.70% on Friday.

The benchmark five-year interest rates were trading 9 basis points lower at 6.54% from its previous close of 6.63% on Friday.

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