{"id":83168,"date":"2026-08-19T16:21:56","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T06:21:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com.au\/blog\/?p=83168"},"modified":"2026-08-19T16:21:58","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T06:21:58","slug":"wednesday-19th-august-2026-u-s-stock-futures-steady-as-bond-yields-surge-and-global-markets-slide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com.au\/blog\/wednesday-19th-august-2026-u-s-stock-futures-steady-as-bond-yields-surge-and-global-markets-slide\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday 19th August 2026: U.S. Stock Futures Steady as Bond Yields Surge and Global Markets Slide"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><br \/>Global Markets:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u00a0Asian Stock Markets : Nikkei down 2.95%, Shanghai Composite down 2.07% Hang Seng up 0.22% ASX down 0.19%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Commodities : Gold at $4,400.15 (-0.46%) Silver at $62.932 (-1.70%), Brent Oil at 91.54 (0.56%), WTI Oil at 84.59 (0.63%)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rates : US 10-year yield at 4.684, UK 10-year yield at 5.0860, Germany 10-year yield at 3.2610<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">News &amp; Data:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>(USD) \u00a0 Industrial Production m\/m<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u00a0\u00a00.2%\u00a0 to 0.3%\u00a0 expected<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Markets Update:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>U.S. stock futures were near flat early Wednesday after Wall Street\u2019s major averages fell for a third consecutive session, pressured by a global bond selloff and higher oil prices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dow Jones Industrial Average futures rose 46 points, while S&amp;P 500 futures slipped 0.1% and Nasdaq 100 futures declined 0.2%. On Tuesday, the Dow fell 116 points, or 0.2%, the S&amp;P 500 dropped 0.7%, and the Nasdaq Composite declined 1.3%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Asian markets also came under pressure. South Korea\u2019s Kospi plunged 5.54%, Japan\u2019s Nikkei 225 fell 2.64%, and China\u2019s CSI 300 declined 2.41%. Australia\u2019s S&amp;P\/ASX 200 slipped 0.39%, while Hong Kong\u2019s Hang Seng gained 0.2%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Technology stocks remained under pressure as government bond yields climbed to multi-year highs. The U.S. 30-year Treasury yield reached a 19-year high, while Japan\u2019s 10-year yield hit its highest level in three decades. German and French 30-year bond yields also reached multi-year highs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite rising yields, investors remain relatively optimistic about equities, supported by expectations for continued economic growth and strong corporate earnings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Attention now turns to the Federal Reserve\u2019s latest meeting minutes, due Wednesday afternoon. Investors will closely examine the divisions within the central bank after three policymakers dissented in favor of a rate hike at July\u2019s meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Retail earnings will also remain in focus, with Target, TJX, Lowe\u2019s and Analog Devices scheduled to report before the market opens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Upcoming Events:<br \/><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>2:30 PM GMT &#8211;\u00a0 USD\u00a0 Crude Oil Inventories<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Global Markets: News &amp; Data: Markets Update: U.S. stock futures were [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":79441,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[196,215,339],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-83168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fundamental-analysis","category-market-analysis","category-recent-posts"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83168"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83168\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83169,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83168\/revisions\/83169"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}