Page 6 - Bond Yields

Yield surge hits debt funds after RBI hikes lending rate in surprise move

Investors should be ready for volatility in long-duration securities, say experts.

Bond yield shoots up; another interest rate hike likely in June

Soumya Kanti Ghosh, Group Chief Economic Adviser, State Bank of India, said he expected repo hikes in June and August policy review meetings too

Bond yields fall 14 bps on less hawkish stance by monetary policy committee

Fall in global crude oil prices also leads to a sharp decline in bond yields

World stocks hit five-week low, yields soar on Fed rate hike outlook

European Central Bank officials said on Thursday that the central bank might start hiking euro zone rates as early as July

Wall Street mixed as Nasdaq drags, bond yields dip after recent surge

US Treasury yields dipped after hitting three-year highs on Wednesday as buyers emerged. Benchmark 10-year yields were last at 2.8455%, after reaching 2.981% overnight, the highest since Dec. 2018

Gold prices hit over one-week low as firm bond yields, dollar weigh

Spot gold was down 0.3% at $1,944.06 per ounce, as of 0430 GMT, after hitting its lowest since April 11. U.S. gold futures fell 0.7% to $1,944.80

Wall Street, bond yields head higher as global growth hopes trimmed

Wall Street opened higher on Tuesday and bond yields continued to swing upward as Russia's invasion of Ukraine weighed on global growth expectations

Indian bond yields off session highs on short-covering; rupee slumps

India imports more than two-thirds of its oil requirements and rising prices tend to push up imported inflation and widen the country's trade and current account deficits

Sharp rise in bond yields in US, domestic market takes shine off equities

The decline in spreads has been accompanied by a sell-off in equities by foreign portfolio investors (FPIs)

Shorter-duration funds a good bet amid rising rates, say analysts

In its April 8 monetary policy review, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) signalled that from being supportive towards growth, its focus would now shift towards reining in inflation

RBI signals discomfort with sharp yield uptick; issues new seven-year paper

The RBI statement showed for a seven-year paper, the notified amount was Rs 7,000 crore and bids received were worth Rs 22,632 crore

Bond yields continue to harden; rupee goes past 76 to a dollar

On Tuesday, the yield on the 10-year benchmark government bond advanced 5 basis points (bps) to close the day at 7.19 % - close to a three-year high

Sensex slides 871 pts in two days: Key factors spooking the markets

Rising bond yields, fears of aggressive rate hikes by global central banks, and Covid-19 scare in China are among the key pain-points for investors

US yields jump to three-year highs, stocks slide on CPI outlook

Technology shares, which have been underpinned by record low interest rates, fell 2% in Europe and 2.6% on Wall Street.

Stocks fall on Wall Street, led by slump in tech companies

Stocks fell in afternoon trading on Wall Street Monday as the market extends a losing streak from last week. The S&P 500 fell 1.2 per cent as of 12:01 pm Eastern. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 189 points, or 0.6 per cent, to 34,530 and the Nasdaq fell 1.8 per cent. Both the benchmark S&P 500 and the Nasdaq are coming off their first weekly loss in four weeks. Technology stocks fell broadly and were the biggest weights on the market. Microsoft fell 3.7 per cent and Apple shed 2 per cent. Energy stocks were among some of the biggest losers as they followed oil prices lower. US crude oil prices fell 3.7 per cent and Exxon Mobil slumped 3.1 per cent. Oil prices remain volatile amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which has put more pressure on global energy supplies. Global oil prices are up just over 25 per cent for the year, though they have been easing somewhat throughout April. Industrial companies and banks held up better than the rest of the market. Boeing rose 1.1 per

Indices slip after US 10-year yield spikes; Sensex falls 482 points

Rising bond yields are considered to be negative for the equity markets, at least in the near-term.

Bond yields break 4-day rising streak, offer some respite to stocks

Bond yields slipped from multi-year highs on Thursday, offering some respite to equities after US Fed minutes released previous day reinforced the rate-hike momentum already priced into markets

Asian stocks skid, bond yields rise after hawkish Fed comments

By Daniel Leussink

World stocks fall, bond yields jump following Lael Brainard comments

The dollar index rose 0.3%, with the euro down 0.46% to $1.092

Inverted US yield curve no more a worry for markets; here's why

The current yield inversion has more to do with the temporary demand-supply mismatch in the bond market and doesn't necessarily signal a recession in the US