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Stocks acquire with bond yields, dollar up; economy, rates in focus

A global equity index rose on Monday with assistance from Wall Street, and U.S. Treasury yields reached a nearly sevenmonth high while information revealed a degeneration in U.S. customer self-confidence and investors prepared for fewer Federal Reserve rate cuts in 2025.

In U.S. equities, Nasdaq and the S&P 500 were increased primarily by rallies in megacap technology stocks such as Nvidia Corp and Broadcom Inc.

. Earlier, the Conference Board said its U.S. customer self-confidence index damaged in December to 104.7 versus economist expectations for an increase to 113.3 and November's upwardly modified 112.8 on issues about future business conditions.

While brand-new orders for essential U.S.-manufactured capital products increased in November amidst strong need for equipment, orders of durable products, ranging from toasters to airplane, dropped 1.1%. after increasing 0.8% in October, with decreases mostly. reflecting weakness in commercial airplane orders.

Citing weak customer confidence as a key negative for. equities on Monday, Robert Phipps, a director at Per Stirling. Capital Management, highlighted the 10-year Treasury yield's. dive to its highest level considering that late May.

It is essential for equity financiers that the 4.6% level. holds for 10-year Treasury yields and if we break above it. there's a risk the market will go ahead and test 5%, he said,. indicating a slowing in Fed rate cuts as the reason.

The market is adapting to a less dovish Fed policy, stated. Phipps, keeping in mind U.S. indexes looked weaker under the hood besides. the rallies in heavyweight stocks.

It is a deceptively strong market, he said.

On Wall Street, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose. 66.69 points, or 0.16%, to 42,906.95, the S&P 500 increased. 43.22 points, or 0.73%, to 5,974.07 and the Nasdaq Composite. rose 192.29 points, or 0.98%, to 19,764.89.

MSCI's gauge of stocks around the world. rose 5.51 points, or 0.65%, to 849.74 while earlier, Europe's. STOXX 600 index finished up 0.14%.

Ahead of Tuesday's much shorter trading day and Wednesday's. market close for Christmas, Tim Ghriskey, senior portfolio. strategist at Ingalls & & Snyder said investors still had last. Wednesday's steep sell-off on their minds after the Fed plainly. indicated for less rate cuts next year.

There's concern about the economy. There's concern about. the Fed making an incorrect relocation and there's the excellent unknown of. what Trump is really going to do, stated Ghriskey, describing. U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's Jan. 20 inauguration.

In U.S. Treasuries, 10-year yields strike their. greatest level given that late May as the Treasury Department this. week sells short- and intermediate-dated financial obligation.

The yield on benchmark U.S. 10-year notes rose 6.7 basis. indicate 4.591%, from 4.524% late on Friday, while the 30-year. bond yield rose 6.3 basis indicate 4.7791%.

A $69 billion two-year notes sale was met healthy. demand on Monday for the first auction of $183 billion in. coupon-bearing supply today.

The 2-year note yield, which normally moves. in step with interest rate expectations for the Fed, rose 3. basis indicate 4.342%, from 4.312% late on Friday.

In currencies, the dollar rebounded while the euro fell as. current worldwide central bank conferences set expectations for. diverging rate cut paths in the year ahead.

The dollar index, measuring the greenback against a. basket of significant currencies, rose 0.27% to 108.08.

The euro was down 0.22% at $1.0406 and versus. the Japanese yen, the dollar strengthened 0.45% to. 157.12.

In other places, Sterling deteriorated 0.31% to $1.253 and. Mexico's peso < compromised 0.6% versus the dollar.

Oil prices settled slightly in thin trade before the. vacation with issues about a supply surplus next year and a. strengthened dollar.

U.S. crude settled down 0.32%, or 22 cents at $69.24. a barrel and Brent was up to $72.63 per barrel, down. 0.43%, or 31 cents on the day.

Gold rates edged lower in subdued holiday-season trading,. weighed by a robust dollar and high U.S. Treasury yields.

Spot gold fell 0.39% to $2,610.66 an ounce. U.S. gold. futures fell 0.67% to $2,611.10 an ounce.

(source: Reuters)