IShares MBS ETF suffered relatively more than others Friday after 0.7% dip 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 rises by 0.31%, reaching 7,754.62.

Friday's market activity meant that leading equity indices in the US declined as Nasdaq was down 0.35% before closing the session at 12,300. After dropping 0.16%, S&P 500 closed at 4,124.

US markets are set to open tomorrow in around 22 hours. In the meantime, upbeat European markets ended Friday higher as FTSE added 0.31% to trade at 7,754.62. Asia-Pacific markets ended a mixed session Friday whilst Nikkei is up by 0.9%, hitting 29,400.

Sun Life Financial Inc. & Aurora Cannabis Inc. have released their earnings reports with National Grid plc and Take-Two Interactive Software Inc are set to publish their respective reports as scheduled.

While price action maintains a negative bias, United States CFTC Crude Oil speculative net positions released Friday with a figure of 216,600, while the previous figure was 214,800. United States CFTC Gold speculative net positions released Friday with a figure of 195,800, while the previous figure was 195,600. United States CFTC Nasdaq 100 speculative net positions released Friday with a figure of 21,400, while the previous figure was 13,300.

Some optimism can drawn from the fact that United States Retail Sales is projected to outperform its last figure with 0.7%, having previously been at -0.6%. The figure will be published Tuesday. United States Core Retail Sales is projected to outperform its last figure with 0.4%. It previously stood at -0.4%; data will be released Tuesday.

Friday's bearishness meant that iShares MBS ETF lost 0.7% Friday 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 Friday's session at $25.35

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

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF | Closed 32 cents (-0.68%) lower 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.