Bond yields traded higher on Friday, ahead of a fresh supply of notes at today’s weekly auction and a debt switch on Monday.
In the global market, U.S. Treasury yields continued their downward trajectory on Thursday amid uncertainty over whether the Federal Reserve would turn to yield curve control in the coming months, while the prospect of negative interest rates seeped back into the market. Furthermore, oil prices slid early, extending heavy overnight losses on a surge in U.S. coronavirus cases this week that has raised the prospect of a second wave of the outbreak slamming demand in the world's biggest consumer of crude and fuel.
Back home, the yields on new 10 year Government Stock were trading 1 basis point higher at 5.79% from its previous close of 5.78% on Thursday.
The benchmark five-year interest rates were trading 1 basis point lower at 5.41% from its previous close of 5.42% on Thursday.
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