Bond yields traded higher on Friday, as investors await today’s weekly debt auction that includes a new 10-year paper.
In the global market traders drove U.S. Treasury yields to their lowest in months on Thursday after data showed the U.S. economy contracted at its steepest pace in decades and President Donald Trump tweeted about delaying the Nov. 3 presidential election. Furthermore, oil prices rose, recovering further ground after touching three-week lows in the previous session, hit by a record decline in U.S. growth as the coronavirus ravaged the world's biggest economy and oil consumer.
Back home, the yields on new 10 year Government Stock were trading 1 basis point higher at 5.83% from its previous close of 5.82% on Thursday.
The benchmark five-year interest rates were were trading flat with its previous close of 4.99% on Thursday.
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