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Treasury yields retreat after crossing 5%Global, Wall Street stocks mixed ahead of earningsOil down 2% on continued Middle East turmoilOct 23 (Reuters) - The benchmark U.S. Treasury yield on Monday pulled back after crossing 5% - a 16-year high - but stock indices were mixed and oil slipped amid continued fighting between Israel and Hamas.Higher bond yields and the risk of a wider Mideast conflict soured investor sentiment at the start of a week full of major corporate earnings and key inflation data. A gauge of global equity markets fell...

WASHINGTON, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Early in the Biden administration, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken vowed that the United States would only hold talks with China if they led to "tangible outcomes" to resolve disputes between the strategic rivals.Two-and-a-half years later, that approach appears to have changed.Since the start of the summer, the administration has embarked on a largely unreciprocated push to talk with Beijing, establishing working groups and sending three cabinet-level officials and its top climate envoy to Beijing.The strategy, intended in part to salvage a relationship that...

The German share price index DAX graph is pictured at the stock exchange in Frankfurt, Germany, October 4, 2023. REUTERS/Staff/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsLONDON, Oct 5 (Reuters) - European stocks opened higher on Thursday, after a plunge in oil prices and softer U.S. labour data late on Wednesday helped bring U.S. Treasury yields back down from 16-year highs.Asian shares rebounded from 11-month lows overnight, following gains on Wall Street. China's mainland markets remain closed for holidays.U.S. yields have been rising in recent weeks as investors reprice the chance of the...

U.S., European, Japanese bond rout deepens10-year Treasury yields hit 16-year high above 4.88%Wall Street mixed, Euro STOXX 600 lowerNEW YORK/LONDON, Oct 4 (Reuters) - A rout in government bond markets deepened on Wednesday with benchmark U.S. yields hitting fresh 16-year highs as investors bet that persistently high interest rates will slow world growth and dampen the appetite for riskier assets.Treasury yields later receded on a cooler-than-expected U.S. private payrolls report that helped stocks on Wall Street rebound from Tuesday's sharp sell-off.Growth concerns weighed on crude oil and gold prices, and...