Bond yields were trading lower on Friday after UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in its latest report has downgraded India’s economic growth by over 2 per cent to 4.6 percent for 2022 from earlier forecast of 6.7 percent. A decrease has been attributed to the ongoing war in Ukraine, with New Delhi expected to face restraints on energy access and prices, reflexes from trade sanctions, food inflation, tightening policies and financial instability.
In global front, U.S. Treasuries resumed a sell-off on Thursday, driving bond yields higher, after fresh data added to fears that high inflation will keep the Federal Reserve on track to combat rising prices with a series of interest rate hikes. Furthermore, oil prices fell about a $1 as the United States and allies considered releasing more oil from storage to cool markets and as traders faced higher costs for trading benchmark Brent futures.
Back home, the yields on new 10 year Government Stock were trading 2 basis points lower at 6.81% from its previous close of 6.83% on Thursday.
The benchmark five-year interest rates were trading 1 basis point lower at 6.08% from its previous close of 6.09% on Thursday.
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