Bond yields traded higher on Monday, on sustained demand from corporates and banks. Traders also took some support with Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant said that India's FDI regime is the most liberal in the world, and even during the COVID-19 pandemic, the country has attracted over $22 billion worth of direct investments.
In the global market, Treasury yields on Friday afternoon rose modestly as bond investors speculated whether the dramatic fall in July jobs numbers reported earlier in the day could spur Congress to agree on a second major coronavirus stimulus bill. Furthermore, Oil prices climbed in early trade, clawing back over half of Friday's losses, on hopes for a stimulus deal to shore up the U.S. economic recovery and a pledge from Iraq to deepen its crude oil supply cuts.
Back home, the yields on new 10 year Government Stock were trading 1 basis point higher at 5.89% from its previous close of 5.88% on Friday.
The benchmark five-year interest rates were trading 3 basis points higher at 5.13% from its previous close of 5.10% on Friday.
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