Market Metrics, 6/18/26
For the folks playing along at home:
Dow Jones Industrial Average: 51,564.70, up 72.15 (+0.14%)
S & P 500: 7500.58, up 80.48 (+1.08%)
NASDAQ Composite: 26,517.58, up 496.28 (+1.91%)
2-Yr US Treasury Yield: 4.179%, up 0.016
5-Yr US Treasury Yield: 4.232% up 0.003
10-Yr US Treasury Yield: 4.455%, down 0.008
US Dollar Index: 100.84, down 0.01 (-0.01%)
Gold: 4181.50, down 64.70 (-1.42%)
Silver: 65.035, down 1.284 (-1.91%)
WTI: 76.49, down 0.30 (-0.14%)
(markets closed 6/19 for Juneteenth holiday)
Happy investing, everyone
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Thursday June 18 is the last day of the market week because markets were closed Friday June 19 for Juneteenth.
Percent changes Last 7 days and last 4 weeks (since May 22)
The yield changes are the percentage points differences,
e.g. if some Treasury went from 3.61% to 3.66% over the past week. then that is a change of +0.05%
Red numbers in ()'s are negative numbers, meaning the metric went down.
Treasury notes' yields up means the notes' values are down
as likely people's bond portfolios
Last week was mixed: GOOD: equity markets up, oil down, BAD: Treasury yields mostly up
Last 4 weeks was mixed: Dow and NASDAQ up, but S&P 500 down, GOOD: Treasury yields mostly down (rising yields drop the values of people's bond portfolios. And mortgage rates closely follow the direction of the 10-year Treasury yield).
No comment about movements in precious metals and the dollar.
Dow, Oil, and Dollar (last several months) - they update a few hours (like about 6 hours) after the close
The attacks on Iran began on February 28.
Dow 30,
https://kshitij.com/graph-gallery/equities/dowjones-candles-Daily
Crude Oil
US Dollar Index (DX-Y.NYB)
The graphs above update automatically. So they are up-to-date a few hours after each close (usually).
There should be 3 graphs above. If you see little image squares and no graphs, right click on each such image square and choose Load Image.