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Stocks mixed despite Higher Oil & Bond Yield Spikes
US equities finished a choppy session little changed on Thursday, with the S&P 500 easing 0.02% to 7,704.13, the Dow down 0.3% to 51,349.98 and the Nasdaq up a marginal 0.01% to 26,939.37, as a bond-market rout and a fresh spike in oil offset any comfort from the Trump–Xi summit in Washington. The US 10-year Treasury yield jumped roughly 9bp to 5.20–5.21%, its highest since July 2007, after NY Fed President John Williams said another hike by year-end was "reasonable." Brent crude rose more than 3% to settle near $106.60 after Houthi missile strikes on Saudi Arabia, even as US–Iran negotiators…
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