Stocks Slump, Dollar Weakens, Treasuries Fall, Commodities Rise - U.S Daily Markets Wrap

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.