Bond yields trade higher on Friday

07 Aug 2020 Evaluate

Bond yields traded higher on Friday, ahead of a fresh supply of notes at the weekly debt auction, while bets of an interest rate cut in the near term decreased.

In the global market, the Treasury yield curve flattened slightly on Thursday afternoon as government bond investors, who have expressed doubt about the stability of the U.S. labor market's recovery this past week, held off from making major moves ahead of Friday's federal jobs report. Furthermore, Oil prices slipped, adding to losses in the previous session, on worries that fuel demand growth will drop amid a resurgence of coronavirus cases and as talks have stalled in the United States on a new stimulus deal.

Back home, the yields on new 10 year Government Stock were trading 2 basis points higher at 5.88% from its previous close of 5.86% on Thursday.

The benchmark five-year interest rates were trading 8 basis points higher at 5.11% from its previous close of 5.03% on Thursday

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