* U.S. inflation cools in February. * Two-year U.S. Treasury yield set for biggest monthly drop since 2008. * S&P 500 on track for back-to-back quarterly gains. By Chuck Mikolajczak.
U.S. Treasury yields dipped and the closely watched inversion between two-year and 10-year yields narrowed after data showed that core inflation came in below expectations in February.
A gauge of global stocks was poised for its biggest weekly percentage gain in two months on Friday, with the two-year U.S. Treasury yield set for its first quarterly decline in the past nine, as U.S. inflation data fueled hopes the Federal Reserve may be reaching the end of its rate hiking cycle.
Stock indexes advanced on Thursday but finished below their session highs while the dollar declined as investors turned their focus to upcoming inflation data and the outlook for interest rate hikes. Longer-dated U.S. Treasury yields fell ahead of personal consumption expenditures data due out Friday.
Two-year Treasury yields
rose to one-week highs on Thursday as investors grew more
confident that recent stress in the banking sector would be
contained, but remained cautious about the impact that ...
Stock indexes advanced on Thursday but finished below their session highs while the dollar declined as investors turned their focus to upcoming inflation data and the outlook for interest rate hikes. Longer-dated U.S. Treasury yields fell ahead of personal consumption expenditures data due out Friday.
* MSCI All-World index rises 1.2% * UBS rehires Ermotti to head merged unit. * Oil, gold dip. By Herbert Lash and Amanda Cooper. Global shares rose on Wednesday as the equity market took heart from greater stability in the banking sector, but most Treasury yields edged higher as uncertainty lingered and bond investors gauged the impact of rising interest rates on economic growth.
Global stock exchanges surged on Wednesday as markets took heart from greater stability in the banking sector, but most Treasury yields edged higher as uncertainty lingered and bond investors gauged the impact of rising interest rates on economic growth.
* MSCI All-World index rises 0.9%, dollar eases. * UBS rehires Ermotti to head merged unit. * Oil rises, gold dips. By Herbert Lash and Amanda Cooper. Global shares rose on Wednesday as the equity market took heart from greater stability in the banking sector, while Treasury yields reversed course and fell, even as uncertainty still lingered among bond investors over the economic outlook.
Treasury yields rose on
Wednesday as investors continued to evaluate whether recent
banking stresses will be contained and what tighter lending
standards emanating from recent bank failures will mean ...
Saudi Arabia's Al Rajhi Bank is set to raise $1 billion with five-year sustainable Islamic bonds, a document from one of the banks arranging the deal showed on Wednesday. The spread on the sukuk was set at 110 basis points over U.S. Treasuries, tightened from initial price guidance of around 150 bps over UST after demand topped $3.75 billion, the document showed.
Global stock exchanges surged on Wednesday as markets took heart from greater stability in the banking sector, but most Treasury yields edged higher as uncertainty lingered and bond investors gauged the impact of rising interest rates on economic growth.
Wall Street's major indexes lost ground on Tuesday while Treasury yields and gold advanced as investors worried that the U.S. Federal Reserve would keep interest rates higher for longer as fears of further banking sector failures faded. Energy stocks were rallying, however, as oil prices rose on supply concerns.
* Consumer confidence rose unexpectedly in March. * Alibaba shares jump. * Indexes: Dow down 0.3%, S&P 500 down 0.5%, Nasdaq down 0.9% By Caroline Valetkevitch. March 28 - U.S. stocks were lower in afternoon trading on Tuesday, led by a nearly 1% decline in the Nasdaq as higher Treasury yields hit technology-related shares.
* Treasury yields up, U.S. stocks down. * Gold prices could slip to $1,933/oz -analyst. By Deep Kaushik Vakil. Gold prices rose on Tuesday, drawing support from a weaker U.S. dollar even as higher bond yields and easing worries about a full-blown banking crisis limited gains for the safe-haven asset. Following two sessions of declines, spot gold gained 0.7% to $1,970.88 per ounce by 1:40 p.m. EDT.
* Consumer confidence rose unexpectedly in March. * Alibaba surges on break-up plans. * Walgreens up as profit beats estimates. * Indexes mixed: Dow up 0.26%, S&P down 0.06%, Nasdaq down 0.54% By Shubham Batra and Amruta Khandekar.
The S&P 500 inched lower on Tuesday after the previous session's gains while Treasury yields rose with gold with investors still wary of banks and the economy in the absence of strong positive catalysts.
* Futures down: Dow 0.10%, S&P 0.17%, Nasdaq 0.22% By Shubham Batra and Amruta Khandekar. U.S. stock index futures slipped on Tuesday as Treasury yields rose amid easing worries about a banking crisis following First Citizens BancShares' U.S. regulator-backed deal for failed Silicon Valley Bank.
* Futures mixed: Dow up 0.15%, S&P up 0.03%, Nasdaq down 0.11% U.S. stock index futures were subdued on Tuesday as Treasury yields rose as fears about a banking crisis eased following First Citizens BancShares' U.S. regulator-backed deal to buy failed Silicon Valley Bank.
Wall Street's major indexes closed lower on Tuesday while Treasury yields and gold advanced as investors worried that the U.S. Federal Reserve would keep interest rates higher for longer as fears of further banking sector failures faded. Energy stocks rallied, however, as oil prices rose on supply concerns.
Global stocks and U.S. bond yields rose on Tuesday, as a U.S. regulator-backed deal by First Citizens BancShares to buy failed Silicon Valley Bank soothed wider worries about problems in the sector. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan edged up 0.3% by early morning Hong Kong time.
* Dow and S&P up, Nasdaq lags with rate hikes in focus. * Oil prices rally while gold falls. * U.S. bank stocks rebound, bitcoin falls. * Deposits flow to money market funds, large banks. By Sin?ad Carew.
U.S. Treasury yields rose
on Monday on greater optimism that stress in the banking sector
will be contained and as the Treasury Department saw soft demand
for a sale of two-year notes.
First ...
* U.S. stocks follow European stocks higher. * Oil prices climb while gold falls. * U.S. bank stocks rebound, bitcoin falls. * Deposits flow to money market funds, large banks. By Sin?ad Carew.
U.S. Treasury yields rose
on Monday on greater optimism that stress in the banking sector
will be contained and before the Treasury Department will sell
short- and intermediate-dated debt.
Wall Street equities gained and U.S. Treasury yields rose on Monday as investor concerns about the financial system were calmed after First Citizens BancShares said it would take on the deposits and loans of failed Silicon Valley Bank. The deal offered a respite after weeks of turmoil prompted by the collapse of tech-focused Silicon Valley Bank and punctuated by more bank failures and rescues.
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