Bond yields traded lower on Tuesday, as Global credit ratings agency -- Moody’s Investors Service has downgraded India’s sovereign rating to ‘Baa3’ from ‘Baa2’, saying there will be challenges in implementation of policies to mitigate risks of a sustained period of low growth and deteriorating fiscal position. It has downgraded the Government of India’s foreign-currency and local-currency long-term issuer ratings to Baa3 from Baa2.
In the global market, investors pushed longer-dated U.S. Treasury yields higher on Monday as they tried to forecast how the government would finance massive efforts to stimulate the economy. Furthermore, oil prices crawled higher, with traders waiting to see whether major producers agree to extend their huge output cuts to shore up prices at a meeting expected later this week.
Back home, the yields on new 10 year Government Stock were trading 2 basis points lower at 6.02% from its previous close of 6.04% on Monday.
The benchmark five-year interest rates were trading 1 basis point higher at 5.46% from its previous close of 5.45% on Monday.
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