U.S. Stocks Advance as Dollar, Treasuries Decline: Markets Wrap

  • Ten-year yield gains following slide; West Texas crude rises
  • Copper touches highest in four years, gold also rallies
The Fed is "in the game" and that’s the biggest risk in 2018, says Rupert Watson, head of asset allocation at Mercer.Source: Bloomberg
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U.S. stocks rose amid thinned-out trading between holidays. The dollar touched its lowest level this month, while Treasury yields rose after Wednesday’s slide.

The S&P 500 Index closed higher for the second day amid trading nearly 40 percent below the 30-day average. The greenback dropped against all major peers on its way to the worst year in more than a decade. Ten-year Treasury yields advanced toward 2.43 percent after the biggest intraday slide since the start of December on Wednesday.