{"id":84231,"date":"2026-09-30T18:06:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T08:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com.au\/blog\/?p=84231"},"modified":"2026-09-30T18:06:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T08:06:14","slug":"wednesday-30th-sept-2026-stock-futures-edge-higher-as-treasury-yields-remain-elevated-ahead-of-pce-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com.au\/blog\/wednesday-30th-sept-2026-stock-futures-edge-higher-as-treasury-yields-remain-elevated-ahead-of-pce-data\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday 30th Sept 2026: Stock Futures Edge Higher as Treasury Yields Remain Elevated Ahead of PCE Data"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Global Markets:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\u25cf         Asian Stock Markets : Nikkei up 1.28%, Shanghai Composite up 1.26% Hang Seng down 0.18% ASX up 0.79%<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u25cf        Commodities : Gold at $4,212.57 (0.79%) Silver at $61.513 (0.60%), Brent Oil at 96.44 (0.28%), WTI Oil at 89.72 (0.39%)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u25cf        Rates : US 10-year yield at 5.234, UK 10-year yield at 5.4170, Germany 10-year yield at 3.6143<\/p>\n\n\n\n

News & Data:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\u25cf        (USD)    JOLTS Job Openings<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        7.08M to 7.23M  expected<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Markets Update:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Stock futures edged higher Tuesday evening after U.S. equities declined in the previous session as rising Treasury yields continued to pressure markets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dow Jones Industrial Average futures gained 0.16%, while S&P 500 futures rose 0.16%. Nasdaq-100 futures advanced 0.26%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Asian markets were broadly higher Wednesday. Japan\u2019s Nikkei 225 climbed 1.4%, while the broader Topix gained 0.6%. South Korea\u2019s Kospi and Kosdaq both rose more than 1%. Hong Kong\u2019s Hang Seng Index slipped 0.4%, while mainland China\u2019s CSI 300 added 0.36%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Treasury yields remained a key concern for investors. The 30-year Treasury yield climbed above 5.6% Tuesday, reaching its highest level since June 2002. The 10-year yield also touched a fresh high since 2007, approaching 5.3%. The moves contributed to declines of more than 100 points for the Dow, while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq fell 0.2% and 0.1%, respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interactive Brokers senior economist Jose Torres said tighter financial conditions were increasing bearish sentiment and demand for downside hedges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, New York Fed President John Williams said there was \u201cno need for urgency\u201d before the Fed\u2019s October meeting. Markets now see a 49% chance of a quarter-point rate hike next month, down from 71% a day earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Investors now await Wednesday\u2019s August PCE inflation data, with economists expecting a 0.3% monthly increase and 3.7% annual pace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Upcoming Events:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u25cf       12:30 PM    GMT   –   USD  Core PCE Price Index m\/m

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