The U.S. 10-year Treasury yield rose another nine basis points Wednesday to a new 16-year high of 4.63%.
) appeared set to retake the $27,000 level early Wednesday, but the rally was turned back alongside a renewed slide in the U.S. stock market.
In mid-afternoon action, the S&P 500 and Nasdaq were each lower by about 0.6% – by themselves, not large declines, but both indexes are now lower by about 10% since the start of August. Bitcoin is flat over the past 24 hours just shy of $26,200, but earlier in the day had risen above $26,800. TheThe declines came as the 10-year Treasury yield surged another nine basis points to a fresh 16-year high of 4.63%. Alongside the rise in interest rates, the price of oil was ahead by more than 3.5% to a new 2023 high of $93.53 per barrel.