Treasury Yields Soar as Tech Stocks Drop
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Treasury Yields Soar as Tech Stocks Drop

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 28, 20261 min

Plus: NVIDIA shares rise after its historic buyback announcement. And Boeing shares slump amid safety concerns. Alexis Moore hosts. Sign up for WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. An artificial-intelligence tool assisted in the making of this episode by creating summaries that were based on Wall Street Journal reporting and reviewed and adapted by an editor. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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Here's your closing bell brief for Monday, September 28. I'm Alexis Moore for The Wall Street Journal. It's a new week, and we're starting it with new highs for Treasury yields. Yields on the 10-year hit a fresh high of more than 5.2 percent after last week's

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