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May 31, 2023
- Yesterday's star of the day Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF appreciates 0.84% while outperforming its peers
- IShares Trust – iShares iBonds Dec 2021 Term Treasury ETF was the biggest decliner yesterday after giving up 0.04%
- European markets have struggled to gain ground and are now trading lower midway through the session.
An update of where yesterday closed ahead of the next session: markets completed a mixed session yesterday, as Nasdaq closed the day at 13,017, having gained 0.32%. Dow Jones closed at 33,043, a 0.15% change.
US markets are now currently closed and set to reopen today; meanwhile, European markets are down as CAC is down by 0.56%, withdraws to 7,169.55 Asia-Pacific markets were down today as ASX 200 drops to 7,091.3 (down 1.64%).
After trading at around 6%, the yield on one month government debt fell to 5.31%.
GameStop Corp. & Smartsheet Inc. due to release their earnings reports within the following week.
This limbo state is reflected by market data published as data for United States Consumer Confidence released yesterday at 14:00 UTC is better than expected with 102.3, but worse than previous figure of 103.7. United States S&P/CS HPI Composite – 20 n.s.a. (YoY) (Mar) released yesterday at 13:00 UTC with a figure of -1.1, while the previous figure was 0.4.
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 -1.10 million. It previously stood at -12.46 million; data will be released tomorrow at 15:00 UTC. United States ADP Nonfarm Employment Change (May) will be released tomorrow at 12:15 UTC. Friday data for United States Non Farm Payrolls will be released, with an expected decline to 180,000 from the preceding figure of 253,000.
While markets were generally sideways yesterday, these assets pulled ahead as Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF up 0.84% trading at $45.87. Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF is doing well and gains 0.423%.
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.
The fund disclosed a quarterly dividend of 12.2 cents per share on Thursday, April 27th and was paid on Thursday, May 4th — thereby generating a yield of 1.06% for all eligble investors.
IShares Trust – iShares iBonds Dec 2021 Term Treasury ETF | Ended yesterday's session at $25.35
With around a month of flat trade under its belt, Pointing in a similar direction, yesterday's session was more of the same — iShares Trust – iShares iBonds Dec 2021 Term Treasury ETF moves 0.04% to close at $25.35 yesterday.
