Bond yields traded lower on Wednesday after private report stated that ratings agency India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra) on Wednesday revised India's FY23 forecast downwards to 7-7.2 per cent. The ratings agency believes that its 'FY23 Economic Outlook' released in January 2022 is unlikely to hold in view of the global geo-political situation arising out of the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
In the global market, the widely tracked U.S. 2-year/10-year Treasury yield curve briefly inverted on Tuesday for the first time since September 2019, as bond investors bet that aggressive tightening by the Federal Reserve could hurt the U.S. economy over the longer term. Furthermore, oil prices climbed, erasing losses from the previous session, on hopes of progress in peace talks between Russia and Ukraine and providing a fresh reminder supply remains tight as data showed U.S. crude stocks fell sharply last week.
Back home, the yields on new 10 year Government Stock were trading 4 basis points lower at 6.78% from its previous close of 6.82% on Tuesday.
The benchmark five-year interest rates were trading 3 basis points lower at 6.06% from its previous close of 6.09% on Tuesday.
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