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

Stocks

• The S&P 500 Index stayed level.
• The Dow Jones Industrial Average stayed level.
• The Nasdaq Composite Index rose 1.8%.
• The Nasdaq 100 Index rose 1.5%.
• The Volatility Index declined 0.8%.
• Large cap stocks, as represented by the S&P 100 Index, rose 0.5%.
• Mid cap stocks, as represented by the S&P MidCap 400 Index, rose 0.0%.
• Small cap stocks, as represented by the S&P SmallCap 600 Index, rose 0.4%.

Sectors

• Stocks in the Consumer Discretionary sector rose the most with a 0.8% gain.
• Stocks in the Telecom sector fell the most with a 0.4% decline.
• With a 230.4% 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 44 basis points to 0.06% today.
• The yield on 5-year Treasuries increased by 39 basis points to 0.89% today.
• The yield on 10-year Treasuries increased by 123 basis points to 1.73% today.
• The yield on 30-year Treasuries increased by 193 basis points to 2.43% today.

Credit

• Investment grade corporate bonds tracked by the Markit iBoxx USD Liquid Investment Grade Index rose by 0.3%.
• High yield bonds tracked by the Markit iBoxx USD Liquid High Yield Index rose by 0.5%.
• Emerging market bonds tracked by the J.P. Morgan Emerging Markets Core Index rose by 0.1%.

Commodities

• The S&P GSCI Total Return Index, the leading measure of general commodity price movements, rose by 0.2%
• West Texas Intermediate crude oil declined by 1.1%.
• Brent crude oil declined by 1.7%.
• Gold rose by 1.5%.
• Copper rose by 0.3%.
• 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 0.1% to $25.12 today.
• The Euro strengthened by 17.3% to $1.17.
• The British pound strengthened by 37.8% to $1.38.
• The Japanese yen strengthened by 10.8% to 110.74 per dollar.

Cryptocurrencies

• Bitcoin declined by NaN% to $58740.91 today.
• Ethereum declined by NaN% to $1921.89.
• Tether declined by NaN% to $1.0004918923770818.
• XRP declined by NaN% to $0.55.