Bond yields trade higher on Monday

02 Nov 2020 Evaluate

Bond yields traded higher on Monday, as Indian manufacturing activity continued to improve in the month of October, amid robust sales growth. As per the survey report, the Nikkei India Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) - a composite single-figure indicator of manufacturing performance - jumped to 58.9 in October as against 56.8 in September.

In the global market, Longer-dated Treasury debt sold off on Friday afternoon, steepening the yield curve to the widest since June, as investors anticipated the deluge of supply that would come from a post-election stimulus package. Furthermore, oil prices fell more than 3% on worries a swathe of coronavirus lockdowns across Europe will weaken fuel demand, while traders braced for turbulence during the U.S. presidential election week.

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 Thursday.

The benchmark five-year interest rates were trading 1 basis point higher at 5.17% from its previous close of 5.16% on Thursday.

 

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