Bond yields edged higher on Friday tracking weakness in the rupee and a jump in crude prices. Further, the yields also shot up after a report by the Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council (PMEAC) suggested it would be a challenge for the government to meet its fiscal deficit target of 4.8% of GDP in the current year. Further, the suggestion that the current stance of the monetary policy needs to continue until the rupee stabilises, too hurt bonds.
On the global front, US Treasuries prices traded slightly higher on Thursday, paring early gains on uncertainty over whether the Federal Reserve next week will decide to slow its massive bond-buying program, which overshadowed a 30-year debt sale that saw strong results. Meanwhile, brent crude futures nudged higher on Friday towards $113 a barrel on supply concerns, but the contract was still set for its biggest weekly drop in nearly three months as fears of a U.S.-led military attack on Syria recede.
Back home, the yields on 10-year 7.16% - 2023 bonds, were trading 7 basis point higher at 8.57%, from its previous close of 8.50% on Thursday.
The benchmark five-year interest rate swaps were trading 1 basis point higher at 8.41% from its previous close of 8.40% on Thursday.
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