Bond yields take breather after previous session’s drubbing

15 Jan 2013 Evaluate

Bond yields were treading water after the run-up rally witnessed in the previous trading session, which took the yields to their 29 months low level. Much of the buying was witnessed in bonds in the previous trading session on hopes that central bank later this month would slash rates to boost an economy that is set to post its slowest growth in a decade.

On the global front, US 10-year Treasuries inched higher in Asian trade on Tuesday and were expected to stay supported in the near term by the Federal Reserve's bond-buying programme. The Fed is currently buying $40 billion in mortgage-backed securities and $45 billion in Treasuries each month in a bid to push down borrowing costs and spark faster growth. Meanwhile, Brent crude held steady above $111 a barrel on Tuesday after ending the previous session more than $1 higher, with the lack of an agreement over the US debt ceiling and a forecast increase in the country's oil inventory weighing on prices of the commodity.

Closer home, the yields on 10-year 8.79% - 2021 were trading steady at its previous close of 7.80% on Monday.

The benchmark five-year interest rates were trading 2 basis points lower at 7.10% from its previous close of 7.12% on Monday.

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