Augutst 22, 2016. Bond yields lower. Crude oil prices/commodity prices down.

The major US stock indices are closing the day mixed with the S&P nearly unchanged (-0.06%), the Nasdaq up marginally at +0.12% and the Dow Industrial Average down -0.12%.

In the US debt markets, bond yields are lower:

  • 2-year note yield 0.7378%, -1 basis point
  • 5 year note yield 1.1331%, -3 basis points
  • 10 year note yield 1.5390%, -4 basis points
  • 30 year bond yield 2.2349%, -5 basis points

In the commodity market:

  • The September Crude oil price went out at $47.05. It will be replaced by the October contract tomorrow which is currently trading at $47.38
  • Gold is trading at $1338.20
  • CRB/Thomson Reuters commodity index is down 1.6985 or -0.9% on the day