US Stocks Post Weekly Gains as Dow Ends 3-Week Slide Despite 5.18% Treasury Yield
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Updated · Yahoo Finance · Sep 25
US Stocks Post Weekly Gains as Dow Ends 3-Week Slide Despite 5.18% Treasury Yield
3 articles · Updated · Yahoo Finance · Sep 25
Summary
The Dow rose 0.9% on Friday, while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq each gained about 0.5%, leaving all three major indexes with weekly advances and ending the Dow’s three-week losing streak.
WTI crude fell to about $92 a barrel and Brent slipped below $98, helping stocks absorb a bond sell-off that still pushed the 10-year Treasury yield to 5.18%, its highest since the global financial crisis.
Consumer strains remained visible: average US gas prices neared $4.50, and the University of Michigan’s final September sentiment reading fell to 48.1, a four-month low, on fuel-price and tariff worries.
Trump and Xi wrapped up their Washington meetings with little policy progress, though the two sides signaled trade ties would stay largely unchanged for several months and set a November AI summit in Shenzhen.