Stocks moved lower on Wednesday as Wall Street struggled to extend its rally amid a sharp rise in Treasury yields. The Nasdaq Composite lost 0.85% to close at 10,680.51. The S&P 500 ticked down 0.67% to 3,695.16. The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 99.99 points, or 0.33%, to finish the …
Read More »Wall Street struggles amid soaring Treasury yields
US main indexes struggled for direction on Wednesday as a surge in Treasury yields to 14-year highs on expectations of bigger interest rate hikes diminished optimism from the positive start to the earnings season.While some gauges of the equity market’s health showed that the latest rally may be the start …
Read More »Goldman results stir optimism in Wall Street
US stock indexes rose on Tuesday as strong results from Goldman Sachs calmed worries of a substantial hit to profit from accelerating interest rate hikes, but a rise in government bond yields pushed mega cap growth stocks lower.Goldman Sachs Group gained 2.5% after reporting a smaller-than-expected drop in quarterly profit …
Read More »Wall Street stocks reverse worst Friday downtrend
Wall Street stocks rallied and stayed strong throughout the US trading session. UK political developments in addition to Monday’s softer US dollar and global yields helped to boost risk appetite amid strong corporate earnings. The US dollar slid into support on the daily chart, as illustrated below, while the 10-year …
Read More »US Stocks Sink On NFP Data
US stocks fell on Friday as Wall Street weighed the government’s monthly employment report, which revealed how labour conditions remained tight in September, despite a slowdown in hiring; a sign the Fed will proceed with aggressive monetary tightening.The US economy added 263,000 jobs last month as the unemployment rate fell …
Read More »EUR/USD still below 0.9800 post NFP
The EUR/USD pair sharply fell with the initial market reaction to US NFP data that rose by 263K in September.The pair is on track to end the week with a little change. The pair has also managed to erase a large portion of its daily losses but lost its recovery …
Read More »Wall Street Soaring On Dollar Weakens, US Jobs Data
The yield on the benchmark 10-Year US Treasury note fell 9 basis points to 3.66%, a two-week low, while the dollar index, which tracks the greenback against a basket of six developed economy currencies, fell around a quarter point to 110.65. The S&P 500 meanwhile, rose 2.8%, while the Dow …
Read More »Wall Street Creeps Out From September’s Losses
US stocks rallied, on Monday, after the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite closed out their first three-quarter losing streak since the 2008 Global Financial Crisis and the Dow logged its first such span of losses since 2015.The benchmark S&P 500 index soared 2.4%, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped …
Read More »Wall Street Performs Mixedly On Inflation Report
Stocks are having a mixed performance on Friday as traders looked to close out an awful week that brought the S&P 500 to a new 2022 low. The S&P 500 was up 0.55%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 52 points, or 0.18%, while the Nasdaq Composite was 1.02% higher. …
Read More »Wall Street selloff accelerates after brief break
Shares sell off began on Thursday as the dollar slightly slid and eased its domination over currency markets amid recession fears that quake the stocks and bonds markets suffering more interest rate pain.After a partial rebound on Wednesday, US stocks sharply fell on Thursday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell …
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