Bond yields tick higher as oil tops $100: AlphaCheck

Bond yields tick higher as oil tops $100: AlphaCheck Ines Ferré · Senior Business Reporter Wed, September 9, 2026 at 3:57 PM GMT+2 1 min read CL=F ^TNX RKLB META AAPL Good morning. Stocks fell on Wednesday while bond yields continued to climb, as Brent crude climbed to $100 per barrel, raising expectations that the Federal Reserve will need to hike rates at its next policy meeting. The 2-year Treasury yield rose to 4.

42%, while the 10-year Treasury ( ^TNX ) hovered near 4. 8%. Here's a check of the markets in the first few minutes of trading, based on a heat map powered by Yahoo Finance AlphaSpace data .

Sector action on Wednesday Sept 9 Tech  (XLK ) gained as Tesla ( TSLA ) stock popped 1%, while Meta ( META ) rallied 3%. Apple ( AAPL ) shares were flat ahead of its product unveiling event in California. The Energy ( XLE ) sector extended gains from the prior session, while Financial Services ( XLF ) and Consumer Discretionary ( XLY ), which are more sensitive to interest rates, slipped.

Here are some other notable stocks that Yahoo Finance readers are viewing this morning:  Rocket Lab ( RKLB ) and NuScale Power ( SMR ).