Yesterday's star of the day United States Natural Gas Fund LP appreciates 8.84% while outperforming its peers
Top laggard iShares Trust – iShares iBonds Dec 2021 Term Treasury ETF gave up 1 cents, or 0.04% yesterday
Asia-Pacific session in progress; markets are rising as ASX 200 added 0.74% to trade at 7,228.2.

Before today's session: leading equity indices in the US rose as Dow Jones ended the session at 34,400 after a 1.26% gain. S&P 500 ended the session at 4,426 after a 1.22% gain.

US markets are now currently closed and set to reopen today; meanwhile, Asia-Pacific markets are up as ASX 200 increases by 0.74%, reaching 7,228.2. European markets ended a mixed session yesterday whilst FTSE goes up to 7,628.26 (up 0.34%).

The earnings season is coming to an end and Adobe & Kroger Co have release their reports.

Uptick coincides with some positive signs published earlier as data from United States concerning Retail Sales was released yesterday at 12:30 UTC. Newly published figures emphasized continued decline from last month's figure of 0.4% to 0.3% this month.

On a negative note, the market received some disappointing news as new United States Initial Jobless Claims data fell short of the 250,000 projected by analysts with a reading of 262,000 while failing to improve upon the previous reading from last month (262,000).

Today's rise takes place amid mixed market indicators — United States Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing Index (Jun) released yesterday at 12:30 UTC with a figure of -13.7, while the previous figure was -10.4.

While most assets did well yesterday, some did better than others as United States Natural Gas Fund LP trades at $7 having gained 8.84%. Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF (up 0.764%).

Yesterday'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.

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF | Closed +0.76% at $46.17

Approximately 10 months ago, Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF reached a significant high of $49.27 but has struggled to hold onto its gains and declined 7% since then.
Shareholders to attain annual dividend yield of 1.08% this year

Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF is now trading 7% below the significant high of $49.27 it set around 10 months ago.

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.