A mostly flat trading day has just ended

• Xtrackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares ETF suffered relatively more than others yesterday after 2.08% dip IShares MBS ETF (down 0.307%), iShares Trust – iShares iBonds Dec 2021 Term Treasury ETF (down 0.039%) also underperformed yesterday.
• Upbeat European markets ended yesterday higher as CAC added 0.51% to trade at 7,577.

Ahead of Monday's session: markets did not have a clear cut direction — Nasdaq closed 12,072 after a stable day. Dow Jones closed at 33,800 after a flat day.

US markets are currently closed but will resume Monday in around a day time. European markets closed higher yesterday whilst CAC increases to 7,577 (up 0.51%). Asia-Pacific markets were down yesterday as KOSPI Composite Index is down by 0.73%, reaching 2,544.4

Bank OZK and Procter & Gamble have released their earnings reports; KB Financial Group Inc. & Cousins Properties Incorporated will publish their respective reports in due course.

Ambiguous macro data is influencing the market as United States Services PMI released yesterday at 13:45 UTC with a figure of 53.7, while the previous figure was 52.6. United States Existing Home Sales (Mar) came out at 4.44 million, while a consensus of analysts was expecting 4.5 million. Fresh Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing Index (Apr) data from United States came out at -31.3.

With price action remaining lacklustre yesterday some assets finished the session lower as Xtrackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares ETF lost 2.08% yesterday before closing at $29.19. IShares MBS ETF (down 0.307%), iShares Trust – iShares iBonds Dec 2021 Term Treasury ETF (down 0.039%) also underperformed yesterday.

IShares Trust – iShares iBonds Dec 2021 Term Treasury ETF | Ended yesterday's session at $25.35

Following a month of flat trade, Pointing in a similar direction, yesterday's session was more of the same — iShares Trust – iShares iBonds Dec 2021 Term Treasury ETF moves 0.04% to close at $25.35 yesterday.

IShares MBS ETF | Currently down 0.31% at $94.2

IShares MBS ETF slid down from $94.49 to $94.2, losing 29 cents (0.31%) today. The fund disclosed a quarterly dividend of 25 cents per share on Tuesday, February 28th and was paid on Tuesday, March 7th — thereby generating a yield of 1.06% for all eligble investors.