How Sensex\, gold\, 10-year G-sec performed during week ending March 5\, 2020
This weekly tracker keeps you updated on the benchmark stock index, gold prices, bond yields and GDP growth.
It also tracks the changes in the past one year to give investors an idea how their investments performed over a longer period.
Sensex Equity benchmarks were highly volatile due to the rising coronavirus cases in India, relentless selling by foreign investors and weakness in the banking and finance stocks.
Gold Price (Rs) Gold prices gained due to a significant decline in the US treasury yields after US Federal Reserve's emergency rate cut.
10-yr yield (%) Bond yields declined as market participants expect a rate cut from RBI. Global central banks have reduced interest rates to control economic slowdown caused by coronavirus outbreak.
Real GDP (%) Real GDP growth declined to 7-year low in December 2019 quarter due to the contraction in the manufacturing sector output.