Bond yields traded higher on Friday after commerce ministry in its latest data has showed that India's merchandise exports rose by 15.46 per cent to $37.29 billion in May 2022 as compared to $32.30 billion in the same month last year on account of healthy performance by sectors like petroleum products, electronic goods and chemicals.
In the global market, U.S. Treasury yields were mixed on Thursday in a data-heavy session a day before a U.S. non-farm payrolls report for May that is likely to keep the Federal Reserve on track to raise interest rates by half a percentage point a few more times this year. Furthermore, oil prices were roughly unchanged, clinging to gains made in the previous session on doubts that producers belonging to OPEC+ can hike their crude output enough to make up for lost supply from Russia.
Back home, the yields on new 10 year Government Stock were trading 3 basis points higher at 7.46% from its previous close of 7.43% on Thursday.
The benchmark five-year interest rates were trading 5 basis points higher at 7.28% from its previous close of 7.23% on Thursday.
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