Trading day in full swing, markets are up so far

• Market leader Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF puts in stellar performance, gaining 0.7%; currently at $45.45
• Top laggard iShares Trust – iShares iBonds Dec 2021 Term Treasury ETF giving up 1 cents, or 0.04%, so far this session
• European markets are trending positively as DAX goes up to 15,578 (up 1.64%).

The trading session is well on its way, the leading indices are climbing up — S&P 500 goes up 1.32%, trading at 4,034. Nasdaq up to 11,657, gaining 1.69%.

European session in progress; markets are rising as DAX added 1.64% to trade at 15,578. Asia-Pacific markets are showing gains.

Futu Holdings Limited and Oracle due to release their earnings reports within the following week.

Uptick coincides with some positive signs published earlier as data for United States Initial Jobless Claims published yesterday at 13:30 UTC came out at 190,000, beating projections of 195,000 and showing improvement over the preceding figure of 192,000. Highly important Crude Oil Inventories data from United States beat analyst expectations of 457,000 with a reading of 1.17 million.

Today's rise takes place amid mixed market indicators — United States ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI (Feb) came out at 55.1, while a consensus of analysts was expecting 54.5.

While indices are generally bullish today, some individual assets stood out as Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF trades at $45.45 having gained 0.7%. IShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF (up 0.649%) is also performing well.

Risk-on sentiment couldn't save iShares Trust – iShares iBonds Dec 2021 Term Treasury ETF from giving up 1 cents, or 0.04%, so far this session – currently trading at $25.35.

IShares Trust – iShares iBonds Dec 2021 Term Treasury ETF | Currently steady around $25.35

It's been more of the same this session on the back of a month of flat trade, Today's session so far looks to be heading in a similar way — iShares Trust – iShares iBonds Dec 2021 Term Treasury ETF trades at $25.35, after ending yesterday at $25.36.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF | +0.7% in mid-session

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF trades at $45.45 after gaining 31.5 cents (0.7%). Regarding dividends, the fund's quarterly dividend yield now stands at 1.04% after VMBS disclosed a dividend of 11.8 cents per share on Monday, December 26th to be paid on Monday, March 6th for all shareholders of record up until Thursday, March 2nd.