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...The yield on benchmark 10-year gilts rose to 4.06 per cent, up from 4.03 per cent before the numbers were released....
...Also moving on Tuesday morning was the benchmark 10-year Treasury yield, which rose to a peak of 4.4 per cent, its highest level since November....
...The benchmark FTSE 100 index rose 1.4 per cent after the news, putting it on track to close at a record high....
...The pound fell 0.07 per cent to $1.2803 after official figures showed that average earnings excluding bonuses rose 6.1 per cent in the three months to January, slightly lower than the 6.2 per cent forecast...
...The probability of the first 0.25 percentage point cut being delivered by June rose from about 50 per cent to 60 per cent, with traders moving to price in three cuts by the end of the year....
...The market-implied probability of the first rate cut by June rose from under 60 per cent to 65 per cent, while sterling nudged down 0.12 per cent against the dollar to $1.2777....
...The S&P purchasing manager’s index, a measure of activity in the private sector, rose to 53.3 in February, up from 52.9 in January and the highest since May 2023....
...Benchmark 10-year Treasury yields rose 0.05 percentage points to 4.43 per cent....
...Markets’ rate-cut expectations have been shaken by data this week showing US inflation rose more than expected in March....
...Speculation also rose that Sweden’s Riksbank could cut interest rates as soon as May after the country reported lower than expected inflation on Friday....
...In a sign of higher investor activity, the number of outstanding gold futures contracts on Comex has jumped 30 per cent since February 28, while net long positions rose about 64,000 to 208,000 contracts...
...In seven weeks benchmark Treasury yields rose from 4.1 per cent to hit 5 per cent by late October, despite the Fed keeping interest rates steady over the period....
...Benchmark 10-year Treasury yields rose 0.05 percentage points to 4.43 per cent. “Ten-year yields are drifting higher....
...In a further sign of a cooling jobs market, US government figures showed that labour costs rose by the smallest amount since the second quarter of 2021....
...Investors pushed back their expectations on the timing of Bank of England rate cuts and sterling rose after stronger than expected wage data added pressure on the central bank in its battle to cool rising...
...While the unemployment rate rose to 3.9 per cent from 3.7 per cent the month before, it remains low by historic standards....
...Two-year gilt yields rose 0.06 percentage points to 4.29 per cent, reflecting a fall in prices, having been flat on the day ahead of the announcement....
...Interest rate-sensitive two-year gilt yields dropped 0.11 percentage points to 4.57 per cent while the FTSE 100 rose 0.7 per cent....
...Trump Media & Technology Group, the company behind his Truth Social platform, rose as high as $79.38 a share from the previous day’s price of $49.95, before closing up 16 per cent at $57.99....
...The benchmark 10-year bond yield rose 0.09 percentage points to 6.35 per cent, the highest level since December, reflecting a fall in prices....
...Traders in swaps markets have scaled back expectations for Bank of England rate cuts this year after UK inflation unexpectedly rose to 4 per cent in December....
...Benchmark 10-year gilt yields rose 0.14 percentage points to 3.94 per cent, the highest level since December 13....
...When interest rates were at rock bottom levels, bonds struggled to deliver any positive returns and then suffered big losses as interest rates rose....
...Treasuries rose sharply in mid-morning trading in New York, with the two-year yield down 0.15 percentage points to 4.21 per cent....
...This view was boosted by data showing eurozone inflation rose to 2.9 per cent in December, reversing six months of consecutive falls, while upward revisions to business activity readings this week suggested...
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