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June 16, 2023
- Market leader United States Natural Gas Fund LP puts in stellar performance, gaining 8.84%; currently at $7
- Top laggard iShares Trust – iShares iBonds Dec 2021 Term Treasury ETF gave up 1 cents, or 0.04% yesterday
- European session in progress; markets are rising as FTSE added 0.52% to trade at 7,668.
Ahead of today's session: markets closed higher yesterday; Dow Jones gained 1.26% and closed at 34,400. S&P 500 closed the day at 4,426, having gained 1.22%.
US markets are now currently closed and set to reopen today; meanwhile, European markets are up as FTSE is up by 0.52%, hitting 7,668. Asia-Pacific markets closed higher today whilst ASX 200 is up by 1.06%, hitting 7,251.2.
The earnings season is coming to an end and Adobe and Kroger Co have release their reports.
Uptick coincides with some positive signs published earlier as United States Retail Sales beat the -0.1% projections, with 0.3%.
On a negative note, the market received some disappointing news as United States Initial Jobless Claims came out at 262,000, marking no change from preceding figure.
Today's rise takes place amid mixed market indicators — United States Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing Index (Jun) came out at -13.7, while a consensus of analysts was expecting -13.5.
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%) is also performing well.
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.
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.
