Bond yields trades lower on Friday

17 Jul 2020 Evaluate

Bond yields traded lower on Friday, as domestic rating agency ICRA in its latest report has revised its forecast for contraction in India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth to 9.5 percent in the current fiscal (FY21) from earlier assessment of 5 percent.

In the global market, U.S. Treasury yields fell on Thursday as the rapid spread of coronavirus cases across some American states weighed on risk sentiment, even as data showed U.S. economic improvement. Furthermore, Oil prices were unchanged with trading marked by growing uncertainty about global recovery in fuel demand as new COVID-19 cases surge in several countries just as major producers get set to loosen production curbs.

Back home, the yields on new 10 year Government Stock were trading 1 basis point lower at 5.80% from its previous close of 5.81% on Thursday.

The benchmark five-year interest rates were trading flat with previous close of 4.88% on Thursday.

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