Bond yields edged higher on Friday, as report stated that the government’s efforts to drive ‘Make in India’ to success have not yet reflected in the country’s industrial output growth. India’s Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growth is expected to fall to 2 per cent in the current financial year 2019-20.
In the global market, US Treasury yields fell to three-month lows on Thursday and a closely watched part of the yield curve inverted as concerns about the economic impact of a virus emanating in China weighed on risk appetite. Furthermore, Oil prices fell more than 2% on Thursday to the lowest in three months on concerns over the potential economic impact of the coronavirus that continues to spread worldwide, while the market also considered the possibility of an early OPEC meeting.
Back home, the yields on new 10 year Government Stock were trading 2 basis points higher at 6.58% from its previous close of 6.56% on Thursday.
The benchmark five-year interest rates were trading 1 basis point higher at 6.38% from its previous close of 6.37% on Thursday.
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