Bond yields trade lower on Friday

03 Jan 2020 Evaluate

Bond yields edged lower on Friday, as the central bank will conduct yet another special open market operation, where it will simultaneously buy and sell notes worth up to Rs 100 billion each.

In the global market, US Treasury yields fell on Thursday in light post-holiday trading, after longer-dated debt posted its best yearly returns since 2014. Furthermore, Oil prices jumped more than $1 after a US air strike killed key Iranian and Iraqi military personnel, raising concerns that escalating Middle East tensions may disrupt oil supplies.

Back home, the yields on new 10 year Government Stock were trading 1 basis point lower at 6.49% from its previous close of 6.50% on Thursday.

The benchmark five-year interest rates were trading 8 basis points lower at 6.34% from its previous close of 6.42% on Thursday.

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