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April 30, 2023
- Market leader Vanguard Total International Bond ETF puts in stellar performance, gaining 0.8%; currently at $48.95
- Top laggard iShares Trust – iShares iBonds Dec 2021 Term Treasury ETF gave up 1 cents, or 0.04% Friday
- FTSE added 0.5% to trade at 7,870.57.
A reminder of where Friday ended before tomorrow's session begins: leading equity indices in the US rose as Dow Jones gained 0.8% and closed at 34,100. S&P 500 ended the session at 4,169.48 after a 0.83% gain.
US markets are set to open tomorrow in around a day. In the meantime, upbeat European markets ended Friday higher as FTSE is up by 0.5%, hitting 7,870.57. Asia-Pacific markets closed higher Friday whilst Nikkei rises to 28,856 (up 1.4%).
Banco de Chile & DraftKings Inc. due to release their earnings reports within the following week.
Today's rise takes place amid mixed market indicators — United States Core PCE Price Index (MoM) (Mar) released Friday with a figure of 0.3, while the previous figure was 0.3. Fresh CFTC Crude Oil speculative net positions data from United States came out at 236,400. United States CFTC Gold speculative net positions released Friday with a figure of 185,300, while the previous figure was 189,900.
The market is looking forward to the release of new data: United States JOLTs Job Openings (Mar) is scheduled for Tuesday. United States ISM Manufacturing PMI (Apr) 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 | Ended Friday's session at $25.35
- Following a month of flat trade,
Vanguard Total International Bond ETF | Up 0.8% to $48.95 Friday
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.
