Stocks Bounce Back After Selloff as Bonds Retreat: Markets Wrap

Aug. 6, 2024, 1:32 PM UTC

Stocks bounced back after selloff that erased about $6.5 trillion from global equity markets in the past few weeks.

Equitiesadvanced after the worst S&P 500 rout in almost two years. Buying US shares after a slump of the scale witnessed over the past month has usually been profitable, according to Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s. Since 1980, the US benchmark gauge has generated a median return of 6% in the three months that followed a 5% decline from a recent high.

Traders mull market direction after $6.5 trillion global equity rout.
Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg

US Treasuries fell as demand for haven assets waned globally, with the market now turning to a $58 ...

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