Peloton leader Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF gains 0.57%; currently at $46.7
IShares Trust – iShares iBonds Dec 2021 Term Treasury ETF was the biggest decliner yesterday after giving up 0.04%
European markets are trending positively as DAX added 0.59% to trade at 15,674.

Ahead of today's session: markets completed a mixed session yesterday, as Dow Jones closed the day at 33,600, having gained 0.98%. S&P 500 gained 0.37% and closed at 4,124.51.

US markets are now currently closed and set to reopen today; meanwhile, European markets are up as DAX improves by 0.59%, reaching 15,674. Upbeat Asia-Pacific markets ended today higher as Nikkei moves up by 0.35%, reaching 28,300.

Ambiguous macro data is influencing the market as United States ISM Manufacturing PMI (Mar) came out at 46.3, while a consensus of analysts was expecting 47.5. United States ISM Manufacturing Employment (Mar) released yesterday at 14:00 UTC with a figure of 46.9, while the previous figure was 49.1. United States ISM Manufacturing Prices (Mar) came out at 49.2, while a consensus of analysts was expecting 51.2.

Data to be released today might clear up some of the market fog as United States Crude Oil Inventories is projected to outperform its last figure with -1.8 million, having previously been at -7.49 million. The figure will be published tomorrow at 14:30 UTC. United States ADP Nonfarm Employment Change (Mar) scheduled to come out tomorrow at 12:15 UTC. United States JOLTs Job Openings (Feb) will be released today at 14:00 UTC.

While markets were generally sideways yesterday, these assets pulled ahead as Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF up 0.57% trading at $46.7. Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF is doing well and gains 0.396%.

With price action remaining lacklustre yesterday some assets finished the session lower as iShares Trust – iShares iBonds Dec 2021 Term Treasury ETF lost 0.04% yesterday before closing 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 Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF | Closed +0.4% at $76.34

Having added to its 28.92 cents increase during 5 days of gains, Yesterday's session pointed in the same direction — Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF closed yesterday at $76.34 (with a daily low of $75.97) after ending Friday at $76.04 and gaining 0.4%. The fund disclosed a quarterly dividend of 16.4 cents per share on Monday, December 26th and was paid on Monday, March 6th — thereby generating a yield of 0.859% for all eligble investors.