Bond yields traded lower on Wednesday as the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas released its monthly production report for February 2022 showed that crude oil production failed to meet target while also lower in terms of year-on-year (YoY) data for the period; while natural gas production was higher in YoY terms, but still lower than the monthly target.
In the global market, treasury yields rose sharply on Tuesday but a key gauge that signals recession eased as traders weighed how fast interest rates will rise in coming months after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell rattled bond investors a day earlier. Furthermore, oil prices turned higher, erasing losses from the previous session, after industry data showed U.S. crude stocks fell last week, underlining how tight global supplies are amid the hit to Russian output from economic sanctions on Moscow.
Back home, the yields on new 10 year Government Stock were trading 1 basis point lower at 6.82% from its previous close of 6.83% on Tuesday.
The benchmark five-year interest rates were trading 2 basis points lower at 6.08% from its previous close of 6.10% on Tuesday.
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