Bond yields traded higher on Tuesday even after India’s inflation based on wholesale price index (WPI) surged further to 15.08% for the month of April as against 14.55% in March. The annual rate of inflation was 15.08% in April 2022 as compared to 10.74% in April 2021, due to rise in prices of mineral oils, basic metals, crude petroleum & natural gas, food articles, non-food articles, food products and chemicals & chemical products etc. as compared to the corresponding month of the previous year.
In the global market, U.S. Treasury yields eased on Monday, as mounting global growth concerns deepened after unexpectedly weak economic data from China and a steep drop in New York state's factory activity. Furthermore, oil prices fell, after the European Union's efforts to enact a ban on Russian oil imports, a move that would tighten global supply, ran into resistance from member country Hungary.
Back home, the yields on new 10 year Government Stock were trading 5 basis points higher at 7.36% from its previous close of 7.31% on Friday.
The benchmark five-year interest rates were trading 9 basis points higher at 7.16% from its previous close of 7.07% on Friday.
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