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Morning market wrap: US stocks continue to slide

... previous close. The weakness in stocks allowed US bond yields to continue drifting lower. The yield on the 10-year Treasury bond fell nine points to 4.00%, while the yield on the two-year note fell 11 points to 1.56%. The US dollar was broadly steady ...

Morning market wrap: Technicals push US stocks modestly higher

... 4.4 points lower at 4,237.8. The US bond market rallied after the release of the data, the yield in the 10-year Treasury bond falling 6 points to 4.26%. The yield on the 2-year note ended at 1.63%, compared with a recent high of 2.14% less than two weeks ...

Morning market Wrap: US stocks, bonds steady

... news that durable goods orders rose 1.7% in June, somewhat higher than market forecasts. The yield on the 10-year Treasury bond fell a further 10 points to 4.29%, and having traded close to 4.50% at one point late last week. The US dollar ended New York ...

Morning market wrap: US bond selling extends to a fifth straight day

... supply and additional data due later this week, bond yields continued to spiral higher. The yield on the 10-year Treasury bond rose a further 16 points to 4.45%, and has now jumped by almost 140 points in less than two months. Again, US stocks could ...

Morning market wrap: US bonds claw back losses

... some of the losses prompted by Alan Greenspan's upbeat semi-annual testimony to Congress. The yield on the 10-year Treasury bond fell 6 points to 3.92%, while the yield on the 5-year bond was down 5 points to 2.76%. Gains were helped by news from the ...

Morning market wrap: US Shares up, Australian dollar slumps

... bond market was a little firmer, following a sustained round of selling since early June. The yield on the 10-year Treasury bond fell 2 points to 3.72%. But the Australian dollar slumped overnight on deteriorating technicals and a resurgent US dollar. ...

Morning market wrap: US stocks jump on improving outlook

... The London index rose 53.3 points to end at 4,074.8. In fixed interest markets, the yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury bond rose over 10 points to close at 3.73%. The US dollar also enjoyed broad-based gains. The euro sank to a two-month low against ...

Morning Market Wrap: US Stocks End Lower

... generally strengthened against the US dollar. The euro ended up at $1.1433. The yield on the 10-year US government treasury bond was trading at 3.55%, having fallen as low as 3.17% less than two weeks earlier. All Ordinaries 3018 +0 NASDAQ 1625.26 -8.75 ...

Morning market wrap: US stocks slump on earnings doubts

US stocks fell overnight, as a spate of corporate profit warnings prompted investors to take profits. Major US indexes have surged by over 25% since early March in expectation of a strong pick-up in US corporate profits in the second half. But a growing ...

Morning market wrap: US stocks end mixed week

With little economic news to guide them, US equity markets took the lead Friday from a mixed bag of earnings reports and the prospect that the Fed will move to lower short-term interest rates early this week. The Dow Jones industrial average edged 21.2 ...