Buckling bond market casts pall over stocks

Two-year Treasury yields burst above 5% and futures pricing started to admit the possibility that the Federal Reserve will raise rates twice before the year is out. Ten-year yields rose more than 17 basis points in two sessions to 4.05%, and selling wrapped around the globe as investors who had positioned for a peak in interest rates bailed out.

Stocks slide, US yields climb amid hawkish Fed, China tensions

The dollar slipped 0.22% to 144.335 yen on Thursday, undoing all of the previous day’s 0.13% advance. Japanese officials have sounded almost daily warnings over yen weakness as it approached the 145 level that triggered intervention last autumn. The dollar briefly touched 145.07 yen on Friday.

Big Movers on D Street: What should investors do with RIL, BSE and Bandhan Bank?

Indian benchmark indices, Sensex and Nifty, started the week strong, with Sensex crossing 65,000 for the first time and Nifty reaching a record high of 19,322. RIL rose 2.4%, BSE gained 9.77%, and Bandhan Bank fell 2.8%. Technical and derivatives analyst Riches Vanara recommends buying RIL for targets of 2750 and 2850, BSE for levels of 695 and 725, and selling Bandhan Bank for targets of 225 and 215.