No. 14

Latest close: Tue, Sep 22

DiurnaFinance

The daily record of markets & money

Markets

Markets at a glance

Closing levels for U.S. stocks, Treasury yields, currencies, commodities and bitcoin, updated several times each trading day. Latest session: Tuesday, September 22, 2026.

S&P 500Daily close, past year

Source: S&P Dow Jones Indices via FRED and exchange data.

10-year Treasury yieldDaily, past year

Source: U.S. Department of the Treasury.

Closing levels

InstrumentLastChg%YTD52-wk range
Stocks
S&P 500 7,764.64 −0.06 0.00% +13.4%
Nasdaq Composite 27,244.28 +122.19 +0.45% +17.2%
Dow Jones Industrial Average 51,863.69 −185.14 −0.36% +7.9%
Russell 2000 2,889.92 +14.56 +0.51% +16.4%
Cboe Volatility Index 14.21 −0.66 −4.44% −4.9%
Treasury yields
3-month Treasury bill 4.16% −1 bp +49 bp
2-year Treasury 4.71% −5 bp +124 bp
5-year Treasury 4.83% 0 bp +110 bp
10-year Treasury 4.96% 0 bp +78 bp
30-year Treasury 5.29% 0 bp +45 bp
Currencies
Euro (EUR/USD) $1.1463 −0.0027 −0.23% −2.4%
Japanese yen (USD/JPY) ¥157.18 −0.09 −0.06% +0.3%
British pound (GBP/USD) $1.3363 −0.0032 −0.24% −0.8%
Chinese yuan (USD/CNY) 6.7001 +0.0047 +0.07% −4.3%
Canadian dollar (USD/CAD) 1.4044 +0.0040 +0.29% +2.6%
Swiss franc (USD/CHF) 0.8194 −0.0020 −0.24% +3.4%
Australian dollar (AUD/USD) $0.7110 −0.0027 −0.38% +6.4%
Mexican peso (USD/MXN) 17.2491 +0.0574 +0.33% −4.0%
Commodities
WTI crude oil $94.59 −1.19 −1.24% +64.7%
Brent crude oilas of September 21, 2026 $100.34 −3.53 −3.40% +64.9%
Natural gasas of September 21, 2026 $2.836 −0.076 −2.61% −23.1%
Gold $4,376.40 −7.50 −0.17% +0.8%
Silveras of September 21, 2026 $65.82 −0.73 −1.10% −6.1%
Copper $6.760 +0.073 +1.09% +20.1%
Digital assets
Bitcoin $86,250 −147 −0.17% −1.6%

Stocks and yields as of the latest close; currencies are European Central Bank reference rates (fixed around 2:15 p.m. Central European Time); commodities are front-month futures. Items not updated for the latest session show an "as of" date.

U.S. Treasury yield curveYield by maturity
September 22, 2026One month earlier (Aug 21)One year earlier (Sep 22)

Source: U.S. Department of the Treasury, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.

Rates and the economy

IndicatorLatestAs of
Effective federal funds rate3.88%September 21, 2026
SOFR (secured overnight rate)3.85%September 21, 2026
30-year mortgage rate (Freddie Mac)6.95%September 17, 2026
10-year real yield (TIPS)2.62%September 21, 2026
10-year breakeven inflation2.33%September 22, 2026
High-yield bond spread2.66 ptsSeptember 21, 2026
Unemployment rate4.1%August 1, 2026
Initial jobless claims (weekly)196,000September 12, 2026
CPI inflation (year over year)3.4%August 2026
Core CPI inflation (year over year)2.4%August 2026