{"id":84490,"date":"2026-10-08T16:30:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T05:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com.au\/blog\/?p=84490"},"modified":"2026-10-08T16:30:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T05:30:14","slug":"thursday-8th-oct-2026-u-s-stock-futures-little-changed-as-treasury-yields-hit-multidecade-highs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com.au\/blog\/thursday-8th-oct-2026-u-s-stock-futures-little-changed-as-treasury-yields-hit-multidecade-highs\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday 8th Oct 2026: U.S. Stock Futures Little Changed as Treasury Yields Hit Multidecade Highs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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

\u25cf         Asian Stock Markets : Nikkei down 0.91%, Shanghai Composite down 0.27% Hang Seng down 0.67% ASX down 0.63%<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u25cf        Commodities : Gold at $4,159.37 (0.47%) Silver at $60.288 (-0.02%), Brent Oil at 102.16 (1.96%), WTI Oil at 89.69 (1.61%)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u25cf        Rates : US 10-year yield at 5.308, UK 10-year yield at 5.4504, Germany 10-year yield at 3.4805<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

\u25cf        (USD)  Crude Oil Inventories<\/p>\n\n\n\n

       3.2M to 1.9M  expected<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

U.S. stock futures were little changed Wednesday night as investors weighed rising Treasury yields after the S&P 500 pulled back from a record high.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dow Jones Industrial Average futures added 7 points, or 0.01%, while S&P 500 futures gained 0.04%. Nasdaq-100 futures rose 0.1%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Levi Strauss shares fell nearly 2% in extended trading after the denim retailer lowered its full-year revenue growth forecast, although it raised its profit outlook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wall Street ended Wednesday lower. The S&P 500 slipped 0.2%, retreating from an all-time high reached a day earlier. The Dow dropped more than 340 points, or 0.7%, while the Nasdaq Composite declined 0.2%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stocks faced pressure as Treasury yields climbed to fresh multidecade highs. The 10-year Treasury yield reached 5.365%, its highest level since April 2002, while the 30-year yield rose to 5.732%, its highest since May 2002.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Asian markets also traded lower Thursday. Japan\u2019s Nikkei 225 fell 0.4%, South Korea\u2019s Kospi declined 0.35% and Australia\u2019s S&P\/ASX 200 dropped 0.4%. Chinese and Hong Kong stocks were little changed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Higher yields have weighed on equities, particularly rate-sensitive sectors. Still, investors remain optimistic that strong corporate earnings could support further gains. FactSet expects S&P 500 third-quarter earnings growth of about 30%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Investors will focus Thursday on PepsiCo\u2019s results and weekly jobless claims.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

\u25cf       12:30 PM    GMT   –   USD  Unemployment Claims

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