Dow Opens Lower, Treasury Yields Hit Fresh 24-Year Highs -- WSJ
Dow Jones2026/10/07 13:40By Alexander Osipovich Stocks are retreating and Treasury yields are trading at fresh multidecade highs. The Dow industrials, Nasdaq composite and S&P 500 all opened lower Wednesday morning, a day after the artificial-intelligence rally powered two of those indexes to fresh records. Government bonds are selling off again, with yields on both the 10-year and 30-year Treasurys hitting their highest levels since 2002. The moves come ahead of the release of the Federal Reserve's minutes from its last meeting. Investors will be on the lookout for signs of how the central bank is thinking about inflation and the need for further interest-rate increases. Overseas, yields on French government bonds are rising again, but remain below the levels they hit last week when worries about France's fiscal health reignited memories of the eurozone debt crisis. Oil prices are up, with Brent crude futures trading above $101 a barrel. Attacks by Yemen's Houthi rebels on Saudi Arabia have kept tensions elevated in the Middle East. Write to Alexander Osipovich at alexo@wsj.com This item is part of a Wall Street Journal live coverage event. The full stream can be found by searching P/WSJL (WSJ Live Coverage). (END) Dow Jones Newswires October 07, 2026 09:40 ET (13:40 GMT)
By Alexander Osipovich
Stocks are retreating and Treasury yields are trading at fresh multidecade highs.
The Dow industrials, Nasdaq composite and S&P 500 all opened lower Wednesday morning, a day after the artificial-intelligence rally powered two of those indexes to fresh records.
Government bonds are selling off again, with yields on both the 10-year and 30-year Treasurys hitting their highest levels since 2002.
The moves come ahead of the release of the Federal Reserve's minutes from its last meeting. Investors will be on the lookout for signs of how the central bank is thinking about inflation and the need for further interest-rate increases.
Overseas, yields on French government bonds are rising again, but remain below the levels they hit last week when worries about France's fiscal health reignited memories of the eurozone debt crisis.
Oil prices are up, with Brent crude futures trading above $101 a barrel. Attacks by Yemen's Houthi rebels on Saudi Arabia have kept tensions elevated in the Middle East.
Write to Alexander Osipovich at alexo@wsj.com
This item is part of a Wall Street Journal live coverage event. The full stream can be found by searching P/WSJL (WSJ Live Coverage).
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
October 07, 2026 09:40 ET (13:40 GMT)
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