U.S. stocks rose by 1.1% today fueled by a 1.4% increase in small cap stocks and a 2.6% increase in energy stocks. The S&P 500 Index is currently up 6.4% year-to-date, and up 56.2% over the past 12 months. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is currently up 8.4% year-to-date, and up 53.6% over the past 12 months. Elsewhere, commodities climbed 1.2% with gold rising 1.2%, crude oil rising 3.7% and copper rising 0.6%. The yield on 10-year Treasuries is 1.73%, while the dollar weakened by 0.4% against a basket of other currencies. Meanwhile, investment grade corporate bonds rose by 0.4%, and high yield bonds fell by 0.1%.
Stocks
- The S&P 500 Index rose 1.1%.
- The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.4%.
- The Nasdaq Composite Index rose 1.6%.
- The Nasdaq 100 Index rose 1.7%.
- The Volatility Index declined 3.1%.
- Large cap stocks, as represented by the S&P 100 Index, rose 1.1%.
- Mid cap stocks, as represented by the S&P MidCap 400 Index, rose 1.4%.
- Small cap stocks, as represented by the S&P SmallCap 600 Index, rose 1.4%.
Sectors
- Stocks in the Energy sector rose the most with a 2.6% gain.
- Stocks in the Consumer Staples sector fell the most with a 0.5% decline.
- With a 237.0% gain, stocks in the Technology sector have advanced the most over the past 5 years
- With a 12.7% decline, stocks in the Energy sector have declined the most over the past 5 years
Bonds
- The yield on 1-year Treasuries decreased by 44 basis points to 0.06% today.
- The yield on 5-year Treasuries increased by 40 basis points to 0.9% today.
- The yield on 10-year Treasuries increased by 123 basis points to 1.73% today.
- The yield on 30-year Treasuries increased by 188 basis points to 2.38% today.
Credit
- Investment grade corporate bonds tracked by the Markit iBoxx USD Liquid Investment Grade Index rose by 0.4%.
- High yield bonds tracked by the Markit iBoxx USD Liquid High Yield Index fell by 0.1%.
- Emerging market bonds tracked by the J.P. Morgan Emerging Markets Core Index rose by 0.5%.
Commodities
- The S&P GSCI Total Return Index, the leading measure of general commodity price movements, rose by 1.2%
- West Texas Intermediate crude oil rose by 3.7%.
- Brent crude oil rose by 2.7%.
- Gold rose by 1.2%.
- Copper rose by 0.6%.
- Silver rose by 2.0%.
Currencies
- The Deutsche Bank Long US Dollar Index, which measures the greenback against a basket of other currencies, weakened by 0.4% to $25.01 today.
- The Euro strengthened by 17.8% to $1.18.
- The British pound strengthened by 38.4% to $1.38.
- The Japanese yen strengthened by 10.6% to 110.58 per dollar.
Cryptocurrencies
- Bitcoin declined by NaN% to $58922.43 today.
- Ethereum declined by NaN% to $1965.52.
- Tether declined by NaN% to $1.0009565773996996.
- XRP declined by NaN% to $0.56.
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