- Top laggard Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF gave up 29 cents, or 0.61% yesterday IShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF (down 0.4%), iShares Trust – iShares iBonds Dec 2021 Term Treasury ETF (down 0.039%) also underperformed yesterday.
- European markets are up as FTSE rises by 0.53%, reaching 7,449.
Yesterday's market activity meant that markets were up yesterday; Nasdaq gained 2.48% and closed at 11,717. S&P 500 closed the day at 3,960.28, having gained 1.76%.
US markets are now currently closed and set to reopen today; meanwhile, European session in progress; markets are rising as FTSE rises to 7,449 (up 0.53%). Upbeat Asia-Pacific markets ended today higher as Nikkei added 1.2% to trade at 27,334.
Yesterday's bullishness contained stragglers as noticeable risk-on sentiment wasn't enough to prevent Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF giving up 29 cents, or 0.61%, before ending the session at $47.3. IShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF (down 0.4%), iShares Trust – iShares iBonds Dec 2021 Term Treasury ETF (down 0.039%) also underperformed yesterday.
IShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF | -0.4% at $81.86
IShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF plunges 0.4% to close at $81.86 yesterday. The fund disclosed a quarterly dividend of 16.2 cents per share on Tuesday, February 28th and was paid on Tuesday, March 7th — thereby generating a yield of 0.792% for all eligble investors.
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.