Bond yields trade higher on Monday

20 Jan 2020 Evaluate

Bond yields edged higher on Monday, as finance secretary Subhash Chandra Garg stated that the government’s tax collection is likely to fall short of its estimate by Rs 2.5 lakh crore or 1.2% of GDP in 2019-20, while calling for scrapping of dividend distribution tax.

In the global market, US Treasury yields rose on Friday after strong homebuilding and manufacturing reports and upbeat corporate earnings, while traders eyed the potential impact of a new government bond coming by summer. Furthermore, Oil prices jumped after two large crude production bases in Libya began shutting down amid a military blockade, setting the stage for crude flows from the OPEC member to be cut to a trickle.

Back home, the yields on new 10 year Government Stock were trading 1 basis point higher at 6.63% from its previous close of 6.62% on Friday.

The benchmark five-year interest rates were trading 1 basis point higher at 6.40% from its previous close of 6.39% on Friday.

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