Wall St slips as higher Treasury yields weigh on sentiment | MarketScreener Australia

- U.S. stocks fell on Friday as higher Treasury yields, shifting oil prices, and ongoing expectations of a Federal Reserve rate hike pressured sentiment, with the S&P 500, Dow, and Nasdaq all edging lower during a volatile triple-witching session. - The 10-year Treasury yield rose to about 5.00%, while investors weighed AI demand concerns and comments from market strategists ahead of upcoming earnings and a potential US-China meeting, with materials leading the day’s losses.

Wall St slips as higher Treasury yields weigh on sentiment | MarketScreener Australia | Real-time USA 01:36:45 19/09/26 am AEST | | | 5-day change | 1st Jan Change | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 7,628.84 PTS | -0.12% | | -0.38% | +11.43% | # Wall St slips as higher Treasury yields weigh on sentiment Published on 09/19/2026 at 12:35 am AEST Reuters Sept 18 (Reuters) - Wall Street's main indexes fell on Friday in the final stretch of a turbulent week, as investors digested shifting oil prices, higher Treasury yields and a Federal Reserve rate hike. The quarterly expiration of derivatives contracts tied to stocks, index options and futures, known as "triple witching," also threatened to exacerbate volatility. Ten of the 11 major S&P 500 sector indexes were lower, and the materials index led losses with a 1.4% decline. The interest rate hike from the Federal Reserve and Chair Kevin Warsh's commentary on the future trajectory of borrowing costs has kept investors busy this week. "Today will be largely about digesting the effects and really thinking through the pros and cons of the Fed's recent moves," said Steve Sosnick, chief strategist at Interactive Brokers. Investors also reassessed the outlook for AI demand this week after top industry executives urged a slowdown in the development of the technology. There is little clarity yet on what such a slowdown would look like. The race for AI supremacy is set to hang over next week's meeting between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Washington. With the earnings season still a m…

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