Bond yields traded higher on Friday amid a private report stating that India’s economy maintained its momentum in April as a wider reopening from the pandemic kept rising prices from depressing demand for the time being. Activity in the services sector as well as factories gained last month, while the three-month weighted averages of monthly changes in indicators from exports to credit demand suggested enduring strength.
In the global market, yield on benchmark 10-year Treasury notes dipped to 2.7468%. It had hit a three-year high of 3.2030% earlier this month on fears rapid hikes from the Fed might undermine long-term growth. Furthermore, oil prices stayed near a two-month high, with Brent crude on track for its biggest weekly jump in 1-1/2 months, supported by the prospect of an EU ban on Russian oil and the upcoming U.S. summer driving season.
Back home, the yields on new 10 year Government Stock were trading 6 basis points higher at 7.35% from its previous close of 7.29% on Thursday.
The benchmark five-year interest rates were trading 3 basis points higher at 7.13% from its previous close of 7.10% on Thursday.
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