US data says...BY BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2015 9:15AMThere were US data a-plenty released overnight and Wall Street was at best ... confused - the S&P 500 index gained 0.2% (later than sooner lift-off) but yields on 10-year US Treasuries rose to 2.18% from 2.12% and the US dollar index appreciated by 0.6% to 97.4 overnight (sooner than later lift-off). Related News |
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