Stocks Fall Amid Oil Price Rise and Bond Yield Surge
US stocks extended their slide today as the global bond selloff deepened and crude prices resumed their climb amid dimming hopes for a near-term solution to the US-Israeli war with Iran.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 431.78 points, or 0.81%, to 52,754.13, while the S&P 500 lost 52.88 points, or 0.69%, to 7,633.26 and the Nasdaq Composite gave up 256.93 points, or 0.97%, to 26,113.77.
Global sovereign debt yields rose to multi-year highs as markets increased their bets that central banks will need to hasten their interest rate hikes.