The yield on the 10-year Treasury fell to 4.57% from 4.66% late Tuesday and from more than 4.80% last week, when it reached its highest level since 2007. Some relief has come this week, and yields have eased after officials at the Federal Reserve suggested they may be done raising their main overnight interest rate. Wall Street has been mostly struggling since the summer as longer-term yields shoot higher in the bond market, weighing on prices for all kinds of investments. All three indexes moved between small gains and losses through the day. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.2% to 33,804.87, and the Nasdaq composite gained 0.7% to 13,659.68. On Wall Street, the S&P 500 rose 0.4% to 4,376.95 for its fourth straight gain. Tensions in the Middle East are under the spotlight, with a possible escalation if nations like Lebanon or Iran are drawn in, which would set off significant movement in U.S. Federal Reserve's action on interest rates. “Recent remarks from FOMC members have leaned dovish, suggesting that the Fed might maintain current short-term rates,” Anderson Alves at ActivTrades said in a report, referring to the U.S. Hong Kong's Hang Seng surged 1.9% to 18,228.96, while the Shanghai Composite rose 0.7% to 3,099.21. South Korea's Kospi added 1% to 2,474.32. consumer price data and kept a cautious watch on the war between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. TOKYO - Asian shares mostly rose Thursday as investors awaited the release of U.S.
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