Shares turn mixed, 2-year Treasury yields near 2.5% – Reuters.com
- Date: 04-Apr-2022
- Source: Reuters
- Sector:Financial Markets
- Country:Middle East
Shares turn mixed, 2-year Treasury yields near 2.5% – Reuters.com
SYDNEY, April 4 (Reuters) - World share markets were mixed on Monday amid talk of yet more sanctions against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, while bonds continued to spell the risk of a hard landing for the U.S. economy as short-term yields hit three-year highs.
A holiday on China made for sluggish trading, and MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan (.MIAPJ0000PUS) inched up 0.3%.
Japan's Nikkei (.N225) dipped 0.1%, while S&P 500 stock futures eased 0.1% and Nasdaq futures 0.2%. EUROSTOXX 50 futures were flat and FTSE futures added 0.4%.