{"id":6733,"date":"2026-09-29T08:09:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T08:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/2026\/09\/29\/us-stock-futures-flat-as-higher-yields-continue-to-pressure-markets-asian-markets-mixed\/"},"modified":"2026-09-29T08:09:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T08:09:00","slug":"us-stock-futures-flat-as-higher-yields-continue-to-pressure-markets-asian-markets-mixed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/2026\/09\/29\/us-stock-futures-flat-as-higher-yields-continue-to-pressure-markets-asian-markets-mixed\/","title":{"rendered":"US Stock Futures Flat as Higher Yields Continue to Pressure Markets; Asian Markets Mixed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. stock futures are trading flat, indicating a cautious start to the trading day as markets grapple with rising Treasury yields. The 10-year Treasury yield has surpassed 5.2%, a level not seen since 2007, raising concerns about persistent inflation and potential further interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve.<\/p>\n<p>Asian markets closed mixed, with Japan&#8217;s Nikkei 225 and South Korea&#8217;s Kospi lower, while Australia&#8217;s S&amp;P\/ASX 200 posted gains. European shares opened higher, suggesting a more positive sentiment in that region.<\/p>\n<p>Investors are closely watching upcoming economic data, including consumer confidence and labor market figures, for further clues on the economic outlook.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;font-style: normal;font-weight: bold\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/09\/29\/stock-market-today-live-updates.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">READ MORE FROM CNBC<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. stock futures are trading flat, indicating a cautious start to the trading day as markets grapple with rising Treasury yields. The 10-year Treasury yield has surpassed 5.2%, a level not seen since 2007, raising concerns about persistent inflation and potential further interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve. Asian markets closed mixed, with Japan&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6734,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/image.cnbcfm.com\/api\/v1\/image\/108368838-17906098212026-09-28t153558z_1880052576_rc2dsna90i4d_rtrmadp_0_usa-stocks.jpeg?v=1790609915&amp;w=914&amp;h=914&amp;ffmt=webp&amp;vtcrop=y","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[28,29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","category-global-affairs","rifnote_country-australia","rifnote_country-china","rifnote_country-japan","rifnote_country-south-korea","rifnote_country-spain","rifnote_country-united-states","rifnote_executive-brent-schutte"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/image.cnbcfm.com\/api\/v1\/image\/108368838-17906098212026-09-28t153558z_1880052576_rc2dsna90i4d_rtrmadp_0_usa-stocks.jpeg?v=1790609915&amp;w=914&amp;h=914&amp;ffmt=webp&amp;vtcrop=y","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6733"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6733\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}