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Stocks Sink as Treasury Yields Spike: Stock Market Today

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(Image credit: Getty Images) Stocks closed lower Friday as market participants took profits on red-hot tech stocks . Still, all three main indexes were higher on the week, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite notching their seventh straight weekly wins and the Dow Jones Industrial Average bringing its weekly win streak to three. Treasury yields spiked heading into the weekend, which didn't help the equity market either. The yield on the 2-year Treasury jumped 8.7 basis points to 4.079% and the 10-year Treasury yield climbed 14.2 basis points to 4.601%. It's the highest level for both in nearly a year. "A bear-steepening yield surge is igniting turbulence on Wall Street as investors lift inflation expectations amid price pressure readings from around the world that are way too hot," says José Torres , senior economist at Interactive Brokers.…

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