- Top laggard Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF gave up 24 cents, or 0.54% yesterday ETFMG Sit Ultra Short ETF (down 0.459%), iShares Trust – iShares iBonds Dec 2021 Term Treasury ETF (down 0.039%) also underperformed yesterday.
- European markets are up as DAX increases by 0.34%, reaching 13,580.
Ahead of today's session: leading equity indices in the US rose as Dow Jones gained 1.31% and closed at 32,827. S&P 500 closed the day at 3,806.8, having gained 0.96%.
US markets are now currently closed and set to reopen today; meanwhile, European markets are trending positively as DAX increases to 13,580 (up 0.34%). Asia-Pacific markets closed higher today whilst Nikkei added 1.25% to trade at 27,872.
Yesterday's gains have given market bulls further impetus to expect strong macro data going forward, such as United States Crude Oil Inventories is projected to outperform its last figure with 1.1 million. It previously stood at -3.12 million; data will be released tomorrow at 15:30 UTC.
Also worthy of note, United States Consumer Price Index is expected Thursday. United States Core Consumer Prices figure is projected at 0.5%. It previously stood at 0.6%; data will be released Thursday.
Yesterday's bullishness contained stock stragglers as Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF closed at $43.89 having dropped 0.54%. ETFMG Sit Ultra Short ETF (down 0.459%), iShares Trust – iShares iBonds Dec 2021 Term Treasury ETF (down 0.039%) also underperformed yesterday.
IShares Trust – iShares iBonds Dec 2021 Term Treasury ETF closed at $25.35 after a flat day yesterday, continuing its recent sideways trend
Pointing in a similar direction, yesterday's session was more of the same — iShares Trust – iShares iBonds Dec 2021 Term Treasury ETF closed a flat day of trading at $25.35 yesterday after ending Friday at $25.36.
Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF has been dropping for 8 days, losing 62 cents, with yesterday's session maintaining the downtrend.