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Ten-year Treasury yields hit 5.1% yesterday. The 10-year yield rose almost 0.15 percentage point, to 5.113%, its highest closing yield since July 12, 2007. Oil’s price rise accompanied firming conviction that the Fed will be hiking again.
After back-to-back Nasdaq record highs, investors are monitoring US diplomatic efforts with Iran and China, as well as a recent rally in tech stocks.
Stocks moved higher, a sharp reversal from yesterday's market action, after the Federal Reserve announced a rate increase. Peter Boockvar, CIO at One Point BFG Wealth Partners, credits the equity gains to easing in Treasury yields, alongside the pullback in oil futures. The Nasdaq Composite climbed 1.6%.
The 10-year Treasury yield is meaningfully higher this morning, taking a cue from the relentless run-up in oil prices and the latest inflation data. The yield on a bond maturing in a decade is at 4.914%, the highest intraday level since October 31, 2023.
Stocks were under pressure as oil prices continued their journey upward and traders shifted their expectations of a Fed rate hike in September.
Treasury yields are climbing after a hotter-than-expected jobs report that analysts said increases the chances the Federal Reserve will lift short-term rates at its next meeting. The 2-year yield, which often rises and falls with traders' expectations for short-term rates set by the central bank, was recently trading around 4.
Stock futures were rising on Friday as bond yields retreated ahead of the August nonfarm payrolls report, which will help decide the Federal Reserve’s next move on interest rates. Nasdaq 100 futures rose 0.5%. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures slid 47 points, or 0.1%.
Stocks climbed as Wall Street let out a sigh of relief that bond yields ticked lower and the odds of a Federal Reserve rate hike fell. The S&P 500 gained 1%, and the Nasdaq Composite rose 1.4%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 1.
Treasuries have rallied heading into Kevin Warsh's first Jackson Hole speech as Fed chairman. The bond market typically sells off in the lead-up to the Fed's annual economic policy symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. From 2011 to 2025, 10-year Treasury yields rose 5 basis points or 0.05 percentage points, on average, in the week prior to Jackson Hole, according to Vail Hartman, U.S. rates strategist at BMO.
Gold (GC=F) December futures opened at $4,580 per troy ounce on Thursday, August 20, 2026, up 0.8% from Wednesday's closing price.
Stocks were rallying out of the gate on Wednesday after Wall Street shrugged off the latest inflation report. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 101 points, or 0.2%. The S&P 500 was up 0.5%. The Nasdaq Composite gained 0.
The yield on the 30-year U.S. Treasury bond spiked over 5%, touching levels not seen since the global financial crisis of 2007 after the Federal Reserve’s decision to keep rates steady.
Bond yields continued to climb on Thursday as oil prices rose amid an escalating conflict in the Middle East.
Bond yields rose on Wednesday as oil prices surged amid renewed tensions in the Middle East.
Stocks were mixed at the open on Tuesday as Wall Street looked through lower oil prices and toward the start of the Federal Open Market Committee's June meeting. The Dow rose 315 points, or 0.6%. Any close higher would be a fresh record close for the Dow.
The inflation fears sparking Friday's selloff propelled the 2-year Treasury yield to its level since Feb. 2025. The 2-year note settled at 4.160%, while the 10-year Treasury yield rose to 4.537%. Investors dumped bonds after a hot jobs report rekindled the possibility of rate hikes this year.
Stock futures kept falling after a hot jobs report sent bond yields higher. Dow futures were flat. S&P 500 futures were down 0.6%. Nasdaq 100 futures was down 1.3%. The U.S. economy added 172,000 jobs in May, which was well above expectations at 105,000 jobs.
Rising Treasury yields are pressuring global stocks and forcing investors to rethink expectations for inflation and Federal Reserve interest-rate cuts.
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