Commodities Rise, Treasuries Fall, Dollar Weakens, Stocks Slump - 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 0.1%.
• The Nasdaq 100 Index declined 0.1%.
• The Volatility Index stayed level.
• Large cap stocks, as represented by the S&P 100 Index, declined 0.1%.
• Mid cap stocks, as represented by the S&P MidCap 400 Index, rose 0.1%.
• Small cap stocks, as represented by the S&P SmallCap 600 Index, declined 0.1%.

Sectors

• Stocks in the Consumer Staples sector rose the most with a 0.4% gain.
• Stocks in the Health Care sector fell the most with a 0.2% decline.
• With a 254.7% gain, stocks in the Technology sector have advanced the most over the past 5 years
• With a 10.1% 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 47 basis points to 0.97% today.
• The yield on 10-year Treasuries increased by 122 basis points to 1.72% today.
• The yield on 30-year Treasuries increased by 185 basis points to 2.35% today.

Credit

• Investment grade corporate bonds tracked by the Markit iBoxx USD Liquid Investment Grade Index rose by 0.7%.
• High yield bonds tracked by the Markit iBoxx USD Liquid High Yield Index rose by 0.2%.
• Emerging market bonds tracked by the J.P. Morgan Emerging Markets Core Index rose by 0.3%.

Commodities

• The S&P GSCI Total Return Index, the leading measure of general commodity price movements, rose by 0.6%
• West Texas Intermediate crude oil rose by 1.3%.
• Brent crude oil rose by 0.9%.
• Gold rose by 1.0%.
• Copper declined by 0.9%.
• Silver rose by 1.1%.

Currencies

• The Deutsche Bank Long US Dollar Index, which measures the greenback against a basket of other currencies, weakened by 0.2% to $24.87 today.
• The Euro strengthened by 18.7% to $1.19.
• The British pound strengthened by 38.2% to $1.38.
• The Japanese yen strengthened by 9.7% to 109.75 per dollar.

Cryptocurrencies

• Bitcoin declined by NaN% to $57884.68 today.
• Ethereum declined by NaN% to $2111.58.
• Tether declined by NaN% to $1.0002296471538008.
• XRP declined by NaN% to $0.62.