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May 01, 2023
- Friday's star of the day Vanguard Total International Bond ETF appreciates 0.8% while outperforming its peers
- Top laggard iShares Trust – iShares iBonds Dec 2021 Term Treasury ETF gave up 1 cents, or 0.04% Friday
- FTSE increases by 0.5%, reaching 7,870.57.
A reminder of where Friday ended before the next session begins: markets closed higher Friday, as Dow Jones closed the day at 34,100, having gained 0.8%. S&P 500 ended the session at 4,169.48 after a 0.83% gain.
US markets are now currently closed and set to reopen today; meanwhile, upbeat European markets ended Friday higher as FTSE increases to 7,870.57 (up 0.5%). Asia-Pacific markets closed higher today whilst Nikkei is up by 0.92%, hitting 29,123.
Sonoco Products Company and FirstEnergy Corp have released their earnings reports with Tyson Foods Inc & Palantir Technologies Inc. are set to publish their respective reports as scheduled.
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 figure is projected at 5.25. It previously stood at five; data will be released 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%).
Friday's bullishness contained stragglers as noticeable risk-on sentiment wasn't enough to prevent iShares Trust – iShares iBonds Dec 2021 Term Treasury ETF giving up 1 cents, or 0.04%, before ending the session at $25.35.
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.
Vanguard Total International Bond ETF | Closed +0.8% at $48.95
After finishing Thursday at $48.56, Vanguard Total International Bond ETF went up to $48.96 before paring its losses and closing at $48.95. 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.
