- Market leader Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF puts in stellar performance, gaining 0.69%; currently at $46
- Top laggard iShares Trust – iShares iBonds Dec 2021 Term Treasury ETF giving up 1 cents, or 0.04%, so far this session
- European equity markets are currently seeing a boost in risk-on sentiment.
A new trading session is underway and markets are up as Nasdaq up to 11,268, gaining 0.84%. S&P 500 up to 4,021.32, gaining 0.44%.
European markets are showing gains. Asia-Pacific markets are trending positively as ASX 200 improves to 7,231.8 (up 0.7%).
Uptick coincides with some positive signs published earlier as United States Core Durable Goods Orders beat analyst expectations of 0.1% and the previous reading of -0.9% with new data of 0.5%.
On a negative note, the market received some disappointing news as highly important Initial Jobless Claims data from United States beat analyst expectations of 225,000 with a reading of 240,000.
Today's rise takes place amid mixed market indicators — United States New Home Sales (Oct) came out at 632,000, while a consensus of analysts was expecting 570,000.
Moreover, macro data could boost sentiment further as United States Crude Oil Inventories is projected to outperform its last figure with -1 million. It previously stood at -5.4 million; data will be released today at 15:30 UTC.
Elsewhere, United States FOMC Meeting Minutes is scheduled for today at 19:00 UTC.
While indices are generally bullish today, some individual stock performances stood out as Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF trades at $46 having gained 0.69%. Vanguard Total International Bond ETF (up 0.678%) is also performing well.
IShares Trust – iShares iBonds Dec 2021 Term Treasury ETF moves 0.04% to trade at $25.35.
IShares Trust – iShares iBonds Dec 2021 Term Treasury ETF has been pretty quiet for the last a month, trading mostly flat and moving by only 0.02 cents on average.
Bullish Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF currently 30 cents higher after trading as low as $45.79
As the session continues, it seems to maintain one direction — after closing the previous trading day at $45.7, Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF is up to $46, which makes for a move of 0.69%/30 cents today.