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U.S. stocks remained level today fueled by a 0.3% decline in small cap stocks and a no change in consumer discretionary stocks. The S&P 500 Index is currently up 26.4% year-to-date, and up 32.8% over the past 12 months. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is currently up 18.8% year-to-date, and up 23.1% over the past 12 months. Elsewhere, commodities fell 0.4% with gold falling 0.1%, crude oil falling 0.6% and copper rising 1.2%. The yield on 10-year Treasuries is 1.63%, while the dollar strengthened by 0.4% against a basket of other currencies. Meanwhile, investment grade corporate bonds rose by 0.5%, and high yield bonds fell by 0.0%. Stocks The S&P 500 Index stayed level. The Dow Jones Industrial Average stayed level. The Nasdaq Composite Index rose 0.4%. The Nasdaq 100 Index rose 0.4%. The Volatility Index declined 1.4%. Large cap stocks, as represented by the S&P 100 Index, rose 0.2%. Mid cap stocks, as represented by the S&P MidCap 400 Index, declined 0.1%. Small cap stocks, as represented by the S&P SmallCap 600 Index, declined 0.3%. Sectors Stocks in the Real Estate sector rose the most with a 1.2% gain. Stocks in the Consumer Discretionary sector fell the most with a stayed level. With a 295.1% gain, stocks in the Technology sector have advanced the most over the past 5 years With a 8.9% decline, stocks in the Energy sector have declined the most over the past 5 years Bonds The yield on 1-year Treasuries decreased by 30 basis points to 0.2% today. The yield on 5-year Treasuries increased by 83 basis points to 1.33% today. The yield on 10-year Treasuries increased by 112.99999999999999 basis points to 1.63% today. The yield on 30-year Treasuries increased by 148 basis points to 1.98% today. Credit Investment grade corporate bonds tracked by the Markit iBoxx USD Liquid Investment Grade Index rose by 0.5%. High yield bonds tracked by the Markit iBoxx USD Liquid High Yield Index fell by 0.0%. Emerging market bonds tracked by the J.P. Morgan Emerging Markets Core Index rose by 0.2%. Commodities The S&P GSCI Total Return Index, the leading measure of general commodity price movements, declined by 0.4% West Texas Intermediate crude oil declined by 0.6%. Brent crude oil declined by 0.7%. Gold declined by 0.1%. Copper rose by 1.2%. Silver declined by 0.6%. Currencies The Deutsche Bank Long US Dollar Index, which measures the greenback against a basket of other currencies, strengthened by 0.4% to $25.97 today. The Euro strengthened by 12.0% to $1.12. The British pound strengthened by 33.3% to $1.33. The Japanese yen strengthened by 15.4% to 115.42 per dollar. Cryptocurrencies This story was produced by the Kwhen Automated News Generator. For more articles like this, please visit us at finance.kwhen.com. Write to [email protected]. © 2020 Kwhen Inc.

Gold prices ended slightly higher on Wednesday, despite a rise in the U.S. dollar and a batch of mostly upbeat U.S. economic reports. Gold for December delivery finished up 50 cents, or less than 0.1%, at $1,784.30 an ounce, manaing to halt a four-session slump for the yellow metal. The modest gain came after the yellow metal on Tuesday marked the lowest finish since Nov. 3. Market Pulse Stories are Rapid-fire, short news bursts on stocks and markets as they move. Visit MarketWatch.com for more information on this news.

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New Zealand Dollar weakens in Asian session after RBNZ rate hike, and leads other commodity currencies lower. Dollar firms up mildly as its ready to extend recent rally, except versus Yen for now. European majors are mixed, with Sterling have a mild upper hand against Euro and Swiss Franc. Gold is treading water below 1800 [] The post NZD Softens after RBNZ Hike, Dollar Firming Up appeared first on Action Forex .

ISLAMABAD: Gold price tanked on Tuesday amid strengthening dollar as the US treasury bond yield hit monthly high of 1.667 percent. Gold in the international market was available at $1,789.70 per ounce after shedding $15.80 at 1645 hours GMT. Meanwhile, the price of 10 grams of yellow metal in Pakistan decreased to Rs100,700 with a []

Gold prices have been obliterated this week as Fed rate hikes have surged around commentary from Fed Chair Powell and incoming Fed Vice Chair Brainard.

The gold market had bet on Lael Brainard to be the next Fed chair, one analyst said.

Gold markets have initially tried to recover during the trading session on Tuesday but then collapsed to slice through the crucial $1800 level. At this point, the market better save itself or it is going to get ugly rather quickly.

Bidens Fed picks drives dollar up The Fed nomination decision caused some tremors in the financial markets on Monday. In the decisions wake, futures markets have firmed up expectations for a rate hike in June, which had previously been biased towards July. Governor Brainard has been selected to replace Clarida as Vice Chair at the end of January next year. The US dollar index [] The post Dollar Shines again as Gold and Lira Prints Losses appeared first on Action Forex .

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In the aftermath of the rising dollar, gold prices fell over 2.5% since yesterday as multiple markets were affected. Gold futures were fixed at $1804 an ounce at the time of writing this report, having lost about $50 since yesterday. Due to the re-appointment of the US Fed Chief, Jerome Powell, the dollar also increased […]

Gold prices hover near a more than two-week low