US markets end in red as Treasury yields continue march to new highs

21 Oct 2022 Evaluate

The US markets ended in red on Thursday as Treasury yields continued march to new highs. The benchmark 10-year Treasury yield reached a high of 4.239%, trading at levels not seen since 2008. Rising rates have been a headwind for stocks all year, as the Federal Reserve continues to try and cool off inflationary pressures not seen in decades. Further, weakness also prevailed in the markets as a report released by the National Association of Realtors (NAR) showed a continued decrease in US existing home sales in the month of September. NAR said existing home sales slid 1.5 percent to an annual rate of 4.71 million in September after falling by 0.8 percent to a revised rate of 4.78 million in August. Street had expected existing home sales to slump by 2.1 percent to a rate of 4.70 million from the 4.80 million originally reported for the previous month.

Existing home sales declined for the eighth consecutive month, falling to their lowest level since spring of 2020. The report showed decreases in existing home sales in the Northeast, Midwest and South, while existing home sales in the West were unchanged from the previous month. On the sectoral front, Interest rate-sensitive utilities stocks have shown a significant move to the downside on the day, dragging the Dow Jones Utility Average down by 2.0 percent. Considerable weakness has also emerged among transportation stocks, as reflected by the 1.8 percent drop by the Dow Jones Transportation Average. Shares of American Airlines (AAL) have come under pressure even though the airline reported third quarter results that beat analyst estimates on both the top and bottom lines.

Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 90.22 points or 0.3 percent to 30,333.59, Nasdaq dropped 65.66 points or 0.61 percent to 10,614.84 and S&P 500 was down by 29.38 points 0.8 percent to 3,665.78.

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