U.S. stocks fell by 0.6% today fueled by a 1.4% increase in large cap stocks and a 0.9% decline in financials stocks. The S&P 500 Index is currently up 4.6% year-to-date, and up 60.4% over the past 12 months. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is currently up 7.1% year-to-date, and up 56.9% over the past 12 months. Elsewhere, commodities climbed 2.6% with gold rising 0.4%, crude oil rising 3.9% and copper rising 1.7%. The yield on 10-year Treasuries is 1.62%, while the dollar weakened by 0.1% against a basket of other currencies. Meanwhile, investment grade corporate bonds fell by 0.1%, and high yield bonds rose by 0.3%.
Stocks
- The S&P 500 Index declined 0.6%.
- The Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 0.6%.
- The Nasdaq Composite Index stayed level.
- The Nasdaq 100 Index rose 1.6%.
- The Volatility Index declined 4.0%.
- Large cap stocks, as represented by the S&P 100 Index, rose 1.4%.
- Mid cap stocks, as represented by the S&P MidCap 400 Index, rose 2.3%.
- Small cap stocks, as represented by the S&P SmallCap 600 Index, rose 2.4%.
Sectors
- Stocks in the Materials sector rose the most with a 2.8% gain.
- Stocks in the Financials sector fell the most with a 0.9% decline.
- With a 234.0% gain, stocks in the Technology sector have advanced the most over the past 5 years
- With a 12.1% decline, stocks in the Energy sector have declined the most over the past 5 years
Bonds
- The yield on 1-year Treasuries decreased by 43 basis points to 0.07% today.
- The yield on 5-year Treasuries increased by 33 basis points to 0.83% today.
- The yield on 10-year Treasuries increased by 112.00000000000001 basis points to 1.62% today.
- The yield on 30-year Treasuries increased by 181 basis points to 2.31% today.
Credit
- Investment grade corporate bonds tracked by the Markit iBoxx USD Liquid Investment Grade Index fell by 0.1%.
- High yield bonds tracked by the Markit iBoxx USD Liquid High Yield Index rose by 0.3%.
- Emerging market bonds tracked by the J.P. Morgan Emerging Markets Core Index fell by 0.0%.
Commodities
- The S&P GSCI Total Return Index, the leading measure of general commodity price movements, rose by 2.6%
- West Texas Intermediate crude oil rose by 3.9%.
- Brent crude oil rose by 4.4%.
- Gold rose by 0.4%.
- Copper rose by 1.7%.
- Silver declined by 0.3%.
Currencies
- The Deutsche Bank Long US Dollar Index, which measures the greenback against a basket of other currencies, weakened by 0.1% to $24.98 today.
- The Euro strengthened by 17.9% to $1.18.
- The British pound strengthened by 37.9% to $1.38.
- The Japanese yen strengthened by 9.7% to 109.68 per dollar.
Cryptocurrencies
- Bitcoin declined by NaN% to $54713.75 today.
- Ethereum declined by NaN% to $1687.62.
- Tether declined by NaN% to $1.0013633054327602.
- XRP declined by NaN% to $0.55.
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