- Top laggard United States Natural Gas Fund LP gave up 73 cents, or 6.21% Friday Schwab U.S. TIPS ETF (down 0.736%), iShares Trust – iShares iBonds Dec 2021 Term Treasury ETF (down 0.039%) also underperformed Friday.
- European markets are up as FTSE added 0.28% to trade at 7,866.31.
Trading is currently halted for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day but will continue tomorrow. Leading equity indices in the US rose as Nasdaq closed the day at 11,079, having gained 0.71%. S&P 500 ended the session at 3,999 after a 0.4% gain.
US traders are set to return to their desks tomorrow. Meanwhile, elsewhere in equities, European session in progress; markets are rising as FTSE goes up by 0.28%, reaching 7,866.31. Asia-Pacific markets ended a mixed session today whilst ASX 200 improves to 7,388.2 (up 0.82%).
Furthermore, the market is looking at projections for United States Producer Price Index are set for a continuation of decline with -0.1% while previous data was 0.3%; data will be released Wednesday. Wednesday data for United States Core Retail Sales will be released, with an expected decline to -0.4% from the preceding figure of -0.2%. Wednesday data for United States Retail Sales will be released, with an expected decline to -0.8% from the preceding figure of -0.6%.
Friday's bullishness contained stock stragglers as noticeable risk-on sentiment wasn't enough to prevent United States Natural Gas Fund LP giving up 73 cents, or 6.21%, before ending the session at $11.03. Schwab U.S. TIPS ETF (down 0.736%), iShares Trust – iShares iBonds Dec 2021 Term Treasury ETF (down 0.039%) also underperformed Friday.
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.