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May 07, 2023
- Top laggard iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF gave up 20 cents, or 0.24% Friday IShares Trust – iShares iBonds Dec 2021 Term Treasury ETF had a negative day Friday (down 0.039%).
- FTSE added 0.98% to trade at 7,778.38.
Ahead of tomorrow's session: leading equity indices in the US rose as Dow Jones closed the day at 33,674, having gained 1.65%. S&P 500 gained 1.85% and closed at 4,136.25.
US markets are now currently closed and set to reopen tomorrow; meanwhile, upbeat European markets ended Friday higher as FTSE is up by 0.98%, hitting 7,778.38. Asia-Pacific markets closed higher Friday whilst ASX 200 is up by 0.37%, hitting 7,220.
Kellogg Co & GoDaddy Inc. have released their earnings reports; Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc. & Nova Ltd. will publish their respective reports in due course.
Uptick coincides with some positive signs published earlier as United States Average Hourly Earnings beat analyst expectations of 0.3% and the previous reading of 0.3% with new data of 0.5%. United States Non Farm Payrolls improved upon its previous reading of 165,000 with a new data release of 253,000. Data for United States Unemployment Rate published Friday came out at 3.4, beating projections of 3.6 and showing improvement over the preceding figure of 3.5.
The market is looking forward to the release of new data: United States EIA Short-Term Energy Outlook will be released Tuesday.
While most assets did well Friday, some did better than others as SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF trades at $38.35 having gained 6.29%.
Friday's bullishness contained stragglers as noticeable risk-on sentiment wasn't enough to prevent iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF giving up 20 cents, or 0.24%, before ending the session at $82.21. IShares Trust – iShares iBonds Dec 2021 Term Treasury ETF had a negative day Friday (down 0.039%).
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.
IShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF | Closed down 0.24% at $82.21 Friday
A tough session dominated by bearish sentiment left SHY 20 cents lower, while setting a $82.17 to $82.28 session range. The fund disclosed a quarterly dividend of 19.1 cents per share on Friday, April 28th and was paid on Friday, May 5th — thereby generating a yield of 0.929% for all eligble investors.
