Stocks mixed as oil hits 3-year high
10-year yield climbs to highest level since June
U.S. stock indexes were mixed Monday as a critical week kicked off on Capitol Hill.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 72 points, or 0.21%, while the S&P 500 index and the Nasdaq Composite index declined 0.28% and 0.52%, respectively.
Ticker | Security | Last | Change | Change % |
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I:DJI | DOW JONES AVERAGES | 44782 | -128.65 | -0.29% |
SP500 | S&P 500 | 6047.15 | +14.77 | +0.24% |
I:COMP | NASDAQ COMPOSITE INDEX | 19403.947849 | +185.78 | +0.97% |
Lawmakers on Capitol Hill will have their hands full this week with expected votes on President Biden’s $3.5 trillion spending plan, a bipartisan infrastructure deal and raising the debt ceiling all set to take place.
Durable goods orders rose 1.8% last month, exceeding the 0.7% increase that analysts surveyed by Refinitiv were expecting. Following the strong report, traders sold U.S. Treasurys, pushing the yield on the 10-year note up 3 basis points to 1.48%, a three-month high.
In stocks, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Citigroup Inc. and Citizens Financial Group Inc. were among the names benefitting from rising bond yields and a steeper yield curve.
Ticker | Security | Last | Change | Change % |
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JPM | JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. | 249.72 | -0.07 | -0.03% |
C | CITIGROUP INC. | 70.87 | +0.71 | +1.01% |
CFG | CITIZENS FINANCIAL GROUP INC. (RHODE ISLAND) | 48.14 | -0.02 | -0.04% |
WFC | WELLS FARGO & CO. | 76.17 | -1.04 | -1.35% |
Wells Fargo & Co. lagged in the financial space after saying it would pay $37.3 million to resolve claims that it fraudulently overcharged commercial clients for foreign exchange services.
Oil-related names, including Chevron Corp., ExxonMobil Corp. and Haliburton Co., outperformed as West Texas Intermediate crude oil climbed $1.47 to $75.45 a barrel, the highest since October 2018.
Ticker | Security | Last | Change | Change % |
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CVX | CHEVRON CORP. | 161.93 | -0.18 | -0.11% |
XOM | EXXON MOBIL CORP. | 117.34 | -0.72 | -0.61% |
HAL | HALLIBURTON CO. | 31.86 | -0.02 | -0.06% |
Meanwhile, Alphabet Inc., Microsoft Corp. and Apple Inc. were lower as growth areas were out of favor.
Ticker | Security | Last | Change | Change % |
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GOOG | ALPHABET INC. | 170.49 | -0.33 | -0.19% |
MSFT | MICROSOFT CORP. | 423.46 | +0.47 | +0.11% |
AAPL | APPLE INC. | 237.33 | +2.40 | +1.02% |
Tesla Inc. outperformed after reports said CEO Elon Musk sent a letter to employees telling them this is the company’s "most intense delivery week ever."
Ticker | Security | Last | Change | Change % |
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TSLA | TESLA INC. | 357.09 | +11.93 | +3.46% |
Overseas markets were mixed.
European trading was choppy as Germany’s DAX 30 advanced 0.27% after election results showed the center-left Social Democrats narrowly beat outgoing Chancellor Angel Merkel’s conservatives.
Elsewhere in the region, France’s CAC 30 rose 0.19% and Britain’s FTSE 100 added 0.17%.
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In Asia, China’s Shanghai Composite index and Japan’s Nikkei 225 lost 0.84% and 0.03%, respectively, while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index ticked up 0.07%.