Friday's US market bullishness helps Asia-Pacific markets to post gains

• Vanguard Total International Bond ETF gains 0.8% as the top gainer; currently at $48.95
• Top laggard iShares Trust – iShares iBonds Dec 2021 Term Treasury ETF gave up 1 cents, or 0.04% Friday
• Asia-Pacific markets are trending positively as ASX 200 added 0.66% to trade at 7,357.7.

Before today's session begins, here is a reminder of where Friday's session left us: markets had an interesting day Friday; Dow Jones gained 0.8% and closed at 34,100. S&P 500 closed the day at 4,169.48, having gained 0.83%.

US markets are currently closed but will resume today in around 12 hours time. Asia-Pacific markets are up as ASX 200 ascends by 0.66%, reaching 7,357.7. European markets closed higher Friday whilst FTSE is up by 0.5%, hitting 7,870.57.

Tyson Foods Inc and Palantir Technologies Inc. due to release their earnings reports within the following week.

Friday's gains have given market bulls further impetus to expect strong macro data going forward, such as United States Crude Oil Inventories is projected to outperform its last figure with -1.49 million. It previously stood at -5 million; data will be released Wednesday.

Furthermore, the market is looking at United States Interest Rate is expected Wednesday. United States JOLTs Job Openings (Mar) scheduled to come out tomorrow at 14:00 UTC.

While most assets did well Friday, some did better than others as Vanguard Total International Bond ETF trades at $48.95 having gained 0.8%. Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (up 0.452%) is also performing well.

Friday's bullishness contained stragglers as iShares Trust – iShares iBonds Dec 2021 Term Treasury ETF closed at $25.35 having dropped 0.04%.

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

• Following a month of flat trade,

Vanguard Total International Bond ETF | Closed +0.8% at $48.95

• Vanguard Total International Bond ETF has fallen back around 5.43% from the significant high of $51.35 set 8 months ago.
• Shareholders to attain annual dividend yield of 0.482% this year

Having soared to a high of $51.35 approximately 8 months ago, Vanguard Total International Bond ETF is now trading 5.43% lower. The fund disclosed a quarterly dividend of 5.9 cents per share on Monday, December 26th and was paid on Monday, March 6th — thereby generating a yield of 0.482% for all eligble investors.