- Yesterday's star of the day Vanguard Total International Bond ETF appreciates 0.7% prior to Thanksgiving
- Top laggard iShares Trust – iShares iBonds Dec 2021 Term Treasury ETF gave up 1 cents, or 0.04% yesterday
- European markets are trending positively as CAC added 0.67% to trade at 6,723.57.
Trading is currently halted for Thanksgiving but will continue tomorrow. Markets had an interesting day yesterday; Nasdaq ended the session at 11,300 after a 0.99% gain. S&P 500 gained 0.59% and closed at 4,027.26.
US traders are set to return to their desks tomorrow. Meanwhile, elsewhere in equities, European session in progress; markets are rising as CAC improves by 0.67%, reaching 6,723.57. Asia-Pacific markets closed higher today whilst KOSPI Composite Index is up by 0.96%, hitting 2,441.33.
Uptick coincides with some positive signs published earlier as data for United States Core Durable Goods Orders published yesterday at 13:30 UTC came out at 0.5%, beating projections of 0.1% and showing improvement over the preceding figure of -0.9%.
On a negative note, the market received some disappointing news as United States Crude Oil Inventories improved upon its previous reading of -5.4 million with a new data release of -3.69 million.
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.
While most stocks did well yesterday, some did better than others as Vanguard Total International Bond ETF trades at $49 having gained 0.7%. Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (up 0.591%).
Yesterday's bullishness contained stock stragglers as noticeable risk-on sentiment wasn't enough to prevent iShares Trust – iShares iBonds Dec 2021 Term Treasury ETF giving up 1 cents, or 0.04%, before ending the session at $25.35.
Following a flat day yesterday, iShares Trust – iShares iBonds Dec 2021 Term Treasury ETF closed at $25.35 continuing its recent flat 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 Tuesday at $25.36.
Risk-on mood helps VMBS post 0.59% gain yesterday
Yesterday's session pointed in the same direction — after ending Tuesday at $45.7, Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF spiked to $46.05 yesterday, dropped back to starting point range, and rallied again to $45.97.