S&P 500 Halts Rally as Bonds Climb on Retail Sales: Markets Wrap

Wall Street traders gearing up for the key jobs report drove a rally in Treasuries after weak retail sales bolstered the case for the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates this year. Still, those bets weren’t enough to lift the S&P 500 to fresh all-time highs. Bitcoin sank.

Ten-year yields dropped to the lowest in about a month, with money markets seeing slightly higher odds of three Fed cuts in 2026 - with two already fully priced in. About 300 shares in the US equity benchmark rose, but the gauge lost steam amid weakness in several tech names. A gauge of chipmakers dropped while an ETF tracking software firms trimmed most of its earlier surge.