- VanEck Vectors ETF Trust – VanEck Vectors Social Sentiment ETF suffered relatively more than others today after 3.86% dip As things stand, Vanguard Total International Bond ETF (down 0.612%) and iShares Trust – iShares iBonds Dec 2021 Term Treasury ETF (down 0.039%) are underperforming today
- Asia-Pacific markets are down as KOSPI Composite Index is down by 1.6%, falls to 2,361
Today's trading session saw to it that leading equity indices in the US declined as after dropping 2.25%, Dow Jones closed at 33,200. S&P 500 was down 2.49% before closing the session at 3,895.75.
Trading in the US will continue tomorrow in around 15 hours time, meanwhile Asia-Pacific markets are dropping as KOSPI Composite Index falls to 2,361 (down 1.6%). European markets were down today as EuroSTOXX is currently down 3.51% and trading around 3,835.7.
Market's down-tick coincides with some negative macro data published earlier as following a previous reading of 1.2%, Core Retail Sales in United States released today at 13:30 UTC fell short of the 0.2% figure expected by analysts with an actual reading of -0.2%. Following a previous reading of 1.3%, Retail Sales in United States released today at 13:30 UTC fell short of the -0.1% figure expected by analysts with an actual reading of -0.6%.
Meanwhile, United States Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing Index (Dec) released today at 13:30 UTC with a figure of -13.8, while the previous figure was -19.4.
Today's bearishness meant that VanEck Vectors ETF Trust – VanEck Vectors Social Sentiment ETF lost 3.86% today before closing at $12.71. Vanguard Total International Bond ETF (down 0.612%), iShares Trust – iShares iBonds Dec 2021 Term Treasury ETF (down 0.039%) also underperformed today.
IShares Trust – iShares iBonds Dec 2021 Term Treasury ETF closed at $25.35 after a flat day today, continuing its recent sideways trend
Pointing in a similar direction, today'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 today after ending yesterday at $25.36.
BNDX lost 0.61% today, ending at $48.76
More of the same from today's session: a tough session dominated by bearish sentiment left BNDX 30 cents lower, while setting a $48.67 to $48.83 session range.