An across-the-board sell-off dragged the benchmark indices around a per cent lower on Friday as sombre global mood hit markets during the second-half of the trading session. US 10-year Treasury yields rose again on Friday, back above 1.6 per cent, and were on track to rise for the seventh straight week. Add to it, the dollar index rose 0.4 per cent denting sentiment further. Against this backdrop, gains in Asian stock markets proved tough to match for most of European peers, after they hit a 1-year high in the prior session. Nasdaq Futures, which tumbled over 1.5 per cent, or 200 points, also suggested a lower start for Wall Street later in the day.
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The demand for corporate bonds, however, is likely to be Rs 60-65 lakh crore by March 2025. Over the next five fiscals, corporate bond issuances outstanding could more than double from around Rs 33 lakh crore or 16 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) at the end of fiscal 2020 to Rs 65-70 lakh crore tantamount to 22-24 per cent of GDP by the end of fiscal 2025, the agency s Managing Director Gurpreet Chhatwal said during a webinar. The financial sector will contribute around 50 per cent of the incremental supply, followed by innovation (close to 25 per cent) and infrastructure (about 20 per cent), the agency said.