Bond yields trade lower on Friday

19 Jul 2019 Evaluate

Bond yields traded lower on Friday, as traders remain encouraged with NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar’s statement that the focus of the second term of the Narendra Modi government is accelerated economic growth led by the private sector and private enterprise.

In the global market, US Treasury yields declined on Thursday after a Federal Reserve official said policymakers need to add stimulus early to address too-low inflation when interest rates are near zero and said they cannot wait for economic disaster to unfold. Furthermore, Oil prices rose more than 1% after the US Navy destroyed an Iranian drone in the Strait of Hormuz, a major chokepoint for global crude flows, again raising tensions in the Middle East.

Back home, the yields on new 10 year Government Stock were trading 1 basis point lower at 6.38% from its previous close of 6.39% on Thursday.

The benchmark five-year interest rates were trading 3 basis points lower at 6.35% from its previous close of 6.38% on Thursday.

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