- Top laggard iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF gave up 20 cents, or 0.24% Friday IShares Trust – iShares iBonds Dec 2021 Term Treasury ETF had a negative day Friday (down 0.039%).
- FTSE goes up by 0.98%, reaching 7,778.38.
A reminder of where Friday ended before tomorrow's session begins: markets were up Friday; Dow Jones closed the day at 33,674, having gained 1.65%. S&P 500 gained 1.85% and closed at 4,136.25.
US markets are now currently closed and set to reopen tomorrow; meanwhile, upbeat European markets ended Friday higher as FTSE is up by 0.98%, hitting 7,778.38. Asia-Pacific markets closed higher Friday whilst ASX 200 added 0.37% to trade at 7,220.
3Rd quarter earnings season is mostly over, with Kellogg Co & GoDaddy Inc. releasing their earnings reports just this week.
Uptick coincides with some positive signs published earlier as United States Average Hourly Earnings beat the 0.3% projections, with 0.5%. United States Non Farm Payrolls improved upon its previous reading of 165,000 with a new data release of 253,000. United States Unemployment Rate improved upon its previous reading of 3.5 with a new data release of 3.4.
The market is looking forward to the release of new data: United States EIA Short-Term Energy Outlook is scheduled for Tuesday.
While most assets did well Friday, some did better than others as SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF trades at $38.35 having gained 6.29%.
Friday's bullishness contained stragglers as iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF closed at $82.21 having dropped 0.24%. IShares Trust – iShares iBonds Dec 2021 Term Treasury ETF had a negative day Friday (down 0.039%).
IShares Trust – iShares iBonds Dec 2021 Term Treasury ETF | Ended Friday's session at $25.35
- Following a month of flat trade,
IShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF | Closed Friday's session at $82.21
- IShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF hit a significant low of $80.51 around a month ago, but has since recovered 2.36%.
- Shareholders to attain annual dividend yield of 0.929% this year
Having set a significant low of $80.51 a month ago, iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF is trading 2.36% higher. The fund disclosed a quarterly dividend of 19.1 cents per share on Friday, April 28th and was paid on Friday, May 5th — thereby generating a yield of 0.929% for all eligble investors.