IShares MBS ETF was the biggest decliner yesterday after giving up 0.7% As things stand, Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (down 0.684%) and iShares Trust – iShares iBonds Dec 2021 Term Treasury ETF (down 0.039%) are underperforming today
FTSE is up by 0.31%, hitting 7,754.62.

Yesterday's market activity meant that leading equity indices in the US declined as Nasdaq shed 0.35% and closed at 12,300. S&P 500 lost 0.16% and ended the session at 4,124.

US markets are now currently closed and set to reopen Monday; meanwhile, upbeat European markets ended yesterday higher as FTSE added 0.31% to trade at 7,754.62. Asia-Pacific markets ended a mixed session yesterday whilst Nikkei moves up by 0.9%, reaching 29,400.

3Rd quarter earnings season is mostly over, with Sun Life Financial Inc. & Aurora Cannabis Inc. releasing their earnings reports just this week.

Market's down-tick coincides with some negative macro data published earlier as United States Producer Price Index released earlier showed a marked improvement to 0.2% from the preceding data of -0.4%, but fell short of the 0.3% figure forecast by a consensus of market analysts. United States Initial Jobless Claims published Thursday came out at 264,000, falling short of the 245,000 projections and continuing its decline from the previous 242,000 figure.

While price action maintains a negative bias, United States CFTC Crude Oil speculative net positions released yesterday at 20:30 UTC with a figure of 216,600, while the previous figure was 214,800.

Yesterday's bearishness meant that iShares MBS ETF lost 0.7% yesterday before closing at $94.5. As things stand, Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (down 0.684%), iShares Trust – iShares iBonds Dec 2021 Term Treasury ETF (down 0.039%) are also underperforming today.

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.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF | Closed yesterday's session at $46.48

A tough session dominated by bearish sentiment left VMBS 32 cents lower, while setting a $46.47 to $46.84 session range. The fund disclosed a quarterly dividend of 12.2 cents per share on Thursday, April 27th and was paid on Thursday, May 4th — thereby generating a yield of 1.05% for all eligble investors.