Bond yields traded higher on Friday as India’s inflation based on wholesale price index (WPI) deflated for the third straight month in June, on the back of fall in prices of mineral oils, non-food Articles, crude petroleum & natural gas and electricity. WPI inflation stood at (-) 4.12% for the month of June 2023 against (-) 3.48% recorded in May 2023.
In the global market, benchmark 10-year Treasury yields fell to a two-week low, and two-year yields were the lowest since mid-June on Thursday as inflation moderated, boosting bets that the Federal Reserve will stop hiking interest rates after an expected 25 basis points rate increase later this month. Furthermore, Oil prices rose on Thursday to their highest in nearly three months after U.S. inflation data suggested interest rates in the world's biggest economy were close to their peak.
Back home, the yields on new 10 year Government Stock were trading 2 basis points higher at 7.09% from its previous close of 7.07% on Thursday.
The benchmark five-year interest rates were trading 1 basis point higher at 7.06% from its previous close of 7.05% on Thursday.
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