Bond yields traded higher on Monday, as traders took some support with a periodic labour force survey by the National Statistical Office (NSO) showing that the unemployment rate for persons of 15 years and above in urban areas slipped to 8.7 per cent in October-December 2021 from 10.3 per cent in the year-ago quarter.
In the global market, U.S. Treasury yields rose on Friday after new data presented a mixed picture of the labor market. Furthermore, Oil prices declined as the week’s trading kicked off as investors weighed a pledge by the Group of Seven to ban imports of Russian crude against a cut in official prices by Saudi Arabia and China’s lockdowns.
Back home, the yields on new 10 year Government Stock were trading 2 basis points higher at 7.47% from its previous close of 7.45% on Friday.
The benchmark five-year interest rates were trading 4 basis points higher at 7.31% from its previous close of 7.27% on Friday.
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