Bond yields trade lower on Friday

07 Jan 2022 Evaluate

Bond yields were trading lower on Friday with India Ratings and Research’s statement that the Omicron variant spread will impact the January-March quarter GDP by 0.40 per cent and shave off 0.10 per cent from the FY22 growth, as many states resort to restrictions to limit infections. It added curbs in various forms such as reducing the capacity of market/market complexes and night/weekend curfews to check human mobility/contact have already started in several states, which are impacting economic activities.

In global front, U.S. Treasury yields on most maturities rose on Thursday, as investors prepared for an earlier-than-expected interest rate hike and the possibility that the Federal Reserve may cut its bond holdings sooner than many initially thought. Furthermore, oil prices rose as an uprising in Kazakhstan stoked worry that crude supply from the OPEC+ producer could be disrupted at the same time output has dropped in Libya.

Back home, the yields on new 10 year Government Stock were trading 1 basis point lower at 6.51% from its previous close of 6.52% on Thursday.

The benchmark five-year interest rates were trading 1 basis point higher at 5.95% from its previous close of 5.94% on Thursday.

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