US Treasuries rally as investors sell equities and seek safe assets
European stocks fell and government bonds gained on Tuesday, as investors responded to the latest escalation of the war in Ukraine. The pan-continental Stoxx Europe 600 index was 0.7 per cent lower by early afternoon trading. Germany’s Dax was down 1 per cent and France’s Cac 40 fell 1.1 per cent. On Wall Street, the S&P 500 erased most of its early losses to trade 0.1 per cent lower by mid-morning.
” Sectors such as retail and banking, which are sensitive to concerns about the economy, were a drag on European indices. However, defence stocks rose; shares in Saab of Sweden and Rheinmetall of Germany were up more than 4 and 3 per cent respectively. In bond markets, the yield on benchmark 10-year US Treasuries fell 0.04 percentage points to 4.37 per cent while German yields also declined. Yields fall when prices rise.
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