Bond yields traded lower on Friday with report that advance tax collections fell 25.5 per cent to Rs 1,59,057 crore in the second quarter of the fiscal.
In the global market, U.S. Treasury yields came back from declines on Thursday, but the yield curve remained flatter as investors stayed skeptical of Federal Reserve efforts to stimulate economic growth and took stock of a report showing persistently high jobless claims. Furthermore, oil prices drifted lower, pausing after three days of gains, as producers prepared to resume operations in the Gulf of Mexico and data showed Saudi Arabian exports rose from record lows.
Back home, the yields on new 10 year Government Stock were trading 3 basis points lower at 6.00% from its previous close of 6.03% on Thursday.
The benchmark five-year interest rates were trading 1 basis point lower at 5.42% from its previous close of 5.43% on Thursday.
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