Closing Market Report 2/21/2018

  

The KUIK Closing Market Report for Wednesday, February 21:

 

Markets had a volatile day.

 

Index

Direction

Change

Units

Index

Time

Change

Dow

Down

                  (167)

points

        24,798

2:49 PM

S&P500

Down

-0.6%

percent

          2,701

       1.00

Nasdaq Composite

Down

-0.2%

percent

          7,218

       9.00

30 Year Treasury

Up

                      7

Basis Points

           3.22

Annual Yield

The rallied mor than 300 points after the release of Fed minutes at 11 am Pacific time.  However gains gave way to losses with about an hour left in the trading day.  The downturn was partly due to a climb in yields for the 10-year Treasury note to a session high, and a four-year peak, at 2.95%.  The minutes from the Jan. 30-31 FOMC meeting showed that officials saw a strengthening economy.

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www.marketwatch.com/story/stock-market-rally-vaporizes-as-10-year-yield-climbs-to-295-dollar-strengthens-2018-02-21

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