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US Stock Indexes Dip Amid Rising Treasury Yields, While Jobless Claims Fall

EditorVenkatesh Jartarkar
Published 09/21/2023, 01:21 PM
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U.S. stock indexes faced a downward trend on Thursday, September 21, 2023, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average registering a 0.3% decline shortly after the market opened. The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite also experienced drops of 0.6% and 1% respectively, according to FactSet data.

This downward shift in stocks coincided with an increase in the yield of 10-year Treasury notes, which rose approximately nine basis points to around 4.46%, as per FactSet data. The upswing in Treasury yields followed a recent policy meeting conducted by the Federal Reserve.

On Thursday, there was a positive development on the employment front. Initial jobless claims for the week ending Saturday, September 16 fell to 201,000, as reported by the Department of Labor. This drop in jobless claims provides investors with crucial insight into the health of the labor market.

The fluctuating stock market and bond yields, along with the jobless claims data, are all vital indicators that investors use to gauge the overall economic climate. Investors and analysts will continue to closely monitor these numbers in the coming weeks.

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