A positive trading day has come to its end

• Top laggard Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF gave up 19 cents, or 0.25% yesterday IShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF (down 0.184%), iShares Trust – iShares iBonds Dec 2021 Term Treasury ETF (down 0.039%) also underperformed yesterday.
• European markets were down yesterday as FTSE slips to 7,562.36 (down 0.49%).

Yesterday's trading session saw to it that markets closed higher yesterday; Dow Jones gained 0.13% and closed at 33,877. Nasdaq ended the session at 13,259 after a 0.16% gain.

US markets are now currently closed and set to reopen Monday; meanwhile, European markets closed lower yesterday. Asia-Pacific markets closed higher yesterday whilst Nikkei is up by 1.97%, hitting 32,265.

NIO Inc. and Canopy Growth Corporation have released their earnings reports; Adobe and Kroger Co will publish their respective reports in due course.

On a negative note, the market received some disappointing news as data from United States concerning Initial Jobless Claims was released Thursday. Newly published figures emphasized continued decline from last month's figure of 233,000 to 261,000 this month.

Today's rise takes place amid mixed market indicators — United States CFTC Crude Oil speculative net positions released yesterday at 20:30 UTC with a figure of 172,400, while the previous figure was 162,600. Fresh CFTC Gold speculative net positions data from United States came out at 175,600.

Yesterday's bullishness contained stragglers as Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF closed at $75.48 having dropped 0.25%. IShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF (down 0.184%), 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

With around a month of flat trade under its belt, 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 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF | -0.18% at $81.28

• IShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF is now trading 1.14% above the significant low ($80.51) it slumped to 3 months ago.
• Shareholders to attain annual dividend yield of 0.969% this year

IShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF hit a significant low of $80.51 around 3 months ago, but has since recovered 1.14%.