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Read the story →Morning snapshotThursday 1 October close
How Wall Street closed, and what it means here.
Last night in New York in one place: the US indices, the NZX and ASX, the kiwi and the Aussie, bonds, and the stocks that moved most. Taken from this morning’s edition.
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At the close
Thursday 1 October in New York
Closing levels as published in this morning’s edition. Not live prices.
Wall Street
The previous session’s closes- S&P 500 7,666.45▲ 0.19% Stocks recovered morning losses as the 10-year Treasury yield eased from 5.34%, its highest since 2002.
- Nasdaq Composite 26,871.60▲ 0.04% Edged higher as Treasury yields eased back from their highest since 2002 and stocks recovered morning losses.
- Dow Jones 50,926.56▲ 0.04% Edged up as stocks recovered morning losses once Treasury yields retreated from their highest since 2002.
- US 10-year yield 5.24% Touched 5.34%, its highest since 2002, before easing to about 5.24% by the close.
Closer to home
Local closes, and the currencies as the edition quotes them- NZX 50 13,810.51▼ 0.17% Fell with Australian shares as rising bond yields weighed, with Meridian Energy and Infratil the main drags.
- ASX 200 8,614.40▼ 1.99% Every sector fell as higher oil prices pushed up bond yields around the world, with energy shares down 3%.
- USD/NZD 1.78 The kiwi hit its weakest since November 2025 as rising American yields kept money flowing to the US dollar.
- USD/AUD 1.44 The Australian dollar was at 1.44 per US dollar as rising American yields supported the greenback.
Commodities and crypto
At the session’s close- Oil (WTI) US$92.87▲ 2.71% Rose after China suspended oil product exports and the US said it would send more troops to the Middle East.
- Gold US$4,202.30▲ 0.37% December COMEX gold futures settled US$15.60 higher at US$4,202.30 an ounce.
- Bitcoin US$84,800▲ 1.00% Bitcoin edged up in US afternoon trading as Treasury yields retreated.
The movers
The biggest single-stock moves the edition coveredCorteva
NYSE: CTVAUS$12.57▼ 83.81%
It spun off its seed business as Vylor, giving shareholders one Vylor share for each Corteva share they held.
Read the story →The last five sessions
Closing levels and moves, from the editions that covered them| Session | S&P 500 | Nasdaq | NZX 50 | ASX 200 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 Oct | 7,666.45+0.19% | 26,871.60+0.04% | 13,810.51-0.17% | 8,614.40-1.99% |
| Wed 30 Sep | 7,651.54-0.25% | 26,861.06+0.24% | 13,834.39+1.10% | 8,789.30+0.92% |
| Tue 29 Sep | 7,670.84-0.17% | 26,797.54-0.09% | 13,683.63-1.06% | 8,709.30+0.34% |
| Mon 28 Sep | 7,683.69-0.77% | 26,820.38-0.92% | 13,831.00+0.14% | 8,679.70+0.17% |
| Fri 25 Sep | 7,743.41+0.51% | 27,068.72+0.48% | 13,811.11-0.10% | 8,665.00-0.43% |
Updated 1:49pm Fri 2 Oct NZ time, when the edition published. US levels are the previous New York session’s closes; the NZX 50 and ASX 200 are that day’s local closes; currencies are quoted as the edition quotes them. The Dow, oil, gold and bitcoin figures, where the edition does not give them, come from public market reports: the Dow’s close, WTI’s settlement, gold’s settlement or New York close, and bitcoin as late in the New York day as reported. General information only, not financial advice.