Bond yields traded lower on Friday, as ratings agency Crisil in its latest report has sharply lowered its forecast for India's gross domestic product (GDP) growth for the current fiscal 2020-21 (FY21) to (-) 9 percent as against its earlier estimate of (-) 5 percent projected in May, as the coronavirus infections are yet to peak and the government is not providing adequate direct fiscal support. It noted that the 9 percent contraction will be the highest since the 1950s.
In the global market, U.S. Treasury yields fell on Thursday and the yield curve flattened after the government sold $23 billion in 30-year bonds to solid demand, the final sale of $108 billion in new coupon-bearing supply this week. Furthermore, oil prices extended declines, under pressure from a surprise rise in U.S. stockpiles and ongoing weak demand from the coronavirus pandemic.
Back home, the yields on new 10 year Government Stock were trading 2 basis points lower at 6.03% from its previous close of 6.05% on Thursday.
The benchmark five-year interest rates were trading 4 basis points higher at 5.51% from its previous close of 5.47% on Thursday.
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