Stocks Decline With Oil as Apple Tumbles on Forecast; Bonds Fall

  • Oil slips as unxepected supply drop was centered on West Coast
  • Bonds retreat amid growing debt supply, Fed rate hike wagers

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A barrage of uninspiring outlooks from bellwethers including Apple Inc. and Bayer AG sent global equities down. Oil slumped.

The MSCI All Country World Index posted a back-to-back slide as oil retreated after data showed an unexpected decrease in U.S. stockpiles was centered on the West Coast. Yields on two-year Treasuries, the most sensitive to Federal Reserve expectations, rose to the highest since June as traders bet on tighter policy by December. Italian bonds led losses in the euro-area as a glut of supply from governments and companies weighed on the market.