Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF gains 0.8% as the top gainer; currently at $45.5
Top laggard iShares Trust – iShares iBonds Dec 2021 Term Treasury ETF gave up 1 cents, or 0.04% Friday
DAX is up by 1.64%, hitting 15,578.

A reminder of where Friday ended before tomorrow's session begins: leading equity indices in the US rose as S&P 500 ended the session at 4,045.64 after a 1.61% gain. Nasdaq gained 1.97% and closed at 11,700.

US markets are now currently closed and set to reopen tomorrow; meanwhile, European markets closed higher Friday whilst DAX added 1.64% to trade at 15,578. Upbeat Asia-Pacific markets ended Friday higher as Nikkei increases by 1.56%, reaching 27,927.

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

Today's rise takes place amid mixed market indicators — United States ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI (Feb) released Friday with a figure of 55.1, while the previous figure was 55.2. United States CFTC Crude Oil speculative net positions came out at 224,200. Fresh CFTC Gold speculative net positions data from United States came out at 128,800.

Furthermore, the market is looking at United States Fed Chair Powell testimony set for Tuesday. United States EIA Short-Term Energy Outlook will be released Tuesday.

While most assets did well Friday, some did better than others as Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF trades at $45.5 having gained 0.8%. IShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF (up 0.716%) is also performing well.

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.

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.

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.