Bond yields traded higher on Monday amid Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) Chairman Sangeeta Singh has said that the number of income tax returns has increased in FY22 over the previous fiscal. She noted that the number of income tax returns was 7.14 crore in FY22 as against 6.9 crore in the preceding financial year, showing a clear growth. She also said there is an increase in the base of taxpayers and the filing of revised returns.
In the global market, U.S. Treasuries dropped sharply in early Asia trade, with the heaviest selling in short-dated debt, as investors scrambled to price in an even steeper rate-hike path to tame inflation. Furthermore, oil prices slipped more than $2 as a flare-up in COVID-19 cases in Beijing quelled hopes for a rapid pick-up in China's fuel demand, while worries about global inflation and economic growth further depressed the market.
Back home, the yields on new 10 year Government Stock were trading 9 basis points higher at 7.60% from its previous close of 7.51% on Friday.
The benchmark five-year interest rates were trading 10 basis points higher at 7.40% from its previous close of 7.30% on Friday.
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