Bond yields trade higher on Tuesday

28 Jan 2020 Evaluate

Bond yields edged higher on Tuesday, as investors remain concerned with Nobel laureate and economist Abhijit Banerjee’s statement that the country could be passing through a phase of recession, and there is ‘nothing in the data’ that suggests otherwise.

In the global market, Benchmark US Treasury yields fell to three-month lows as investors piled in on concerns about the economic impact of China’s spreading coronavirus, while part of the yield curve re-inverted for the first time since December. Furthermore, Oil futures slipped, extending losses into a sixth session as the spread of a new virus in China and other countries raised concerns about a hit to economic growth and slower oil demand.

Back home, the yields on new 10 year Government Stock were trading 1 basis point higher at 6.56% from its previous close of 6.55% on Monday.

The benchmark five-year interest rates were trading 2 basis points higher at 6.39% from its previous close of 6.37% on Monday.

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