Global stocks were mixed, and European shares edged higher on Friday (October 2, 2026) after a global bond sell-off deepened and ahead of a U.S. monthly jobs report due later in the day.
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off → edge → day
Oil prices declined even as the U.S. sent another aircraft carrier and more troops to the West Asia, and as President Donald Trump threatened more possible escalations against Iran.
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Trump → decline → Iran
In early European trading, Britain's FTSE 100 climbed 0.5% to 10,485.00.
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FTSE → climb → 10,485.00
France's CAC 40 rose 0.6% to 7,883.49, while Germany's DAX was up 0.8% to 25,129.78.
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DAX → rise → 25,129.78
That came a day after Europe's benchmark stock indexes fell sharply as government bond yields shot up.
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yields → come → ?
In Asia, Japan's Nikkei 225 fell 0.9% to 68,309.46.
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Nikkei → fall → 68,309.46
South Korea's Kospi added 0.5% to 7,003.74.
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Kospi → add → 7,003.74
Hong Kong's Hang Seng lost 2.6% to 23,972.29, hitting the lowest level since July.
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Seng → lose → July
Australia's S&P/ASX 200 gained 0.8% to 8,682.10.
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S&P → gain → 8,682.10
Taiwan's Taiex advanced 0.3%.
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Taiex → advance → ?
Markets in mainland China were closed for a holiday.
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Markets → close → holiday
U.S. futures edged up after U.S. Treasury yields held steadier early Friday (October 2, 2026).
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yields → edge → ?
In the bond market, the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury was at around 5.24%, after it reached 5.34% on Thursday (October 1, 2026), the highest since 2002.
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it → reach → 2002
It crossed the 5% mark last month, as inflationary pressure from the global energy shock driven by the Iran war and rising U.S. government debt pushed investors to demand higher returns.
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pressure → cross → returns
The 5% level on the U.S. 10-year Treasury yield has been an “important psychological threshold” for investors, David Clewell, a portfolio manager at T. Rowe Price, said in a commentary this week.
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Clewell → say → commentary
Factoring in the U.S.'s resilient economic growth, there is a “credible” likelihood that the U.S. 10-year Treasury yield can rise toward 5.5% to 6%, Mr. Clewell suggested.
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Clewell → factor → %
Ballooning bond yields have been putting downward pressure on stock markets, as higher borrowing costs can undercut stock returns.
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costs → balloon → returns
On Wall Street, the S&P 500 added 0.2%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average edged up less than 0.1%, and the Nasdaq composite rose less than 0.1%.
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composite → add → %
Investors and traders are monitoring closely the U.S. monthly jobs report for September to be released on Friday (October 2, 2026), as the data could provide more insight into the likelihood of an October interest rate hike by the Federal Reserve, after the Fed raised rates in September for the first time in three years.
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Fed → monitor → years
Oil prices declined early Friday (October 2, 2026) as uncertainties surrounding the prospect of a de-escalation between the U.S. and Iran dragged on.
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uncertainties → decline → U.S.
The US military is deploying thousands of troops aboard a group of ships, including a third aircraft carrier, to the West Asia, according to a U.S. official on Thursday (October 1, 2026), after Mr. Trump on Wednesday (September 30, 2026) threatened to “blow them up” or make a deal, referring to Iran, in an exchange with reporters.
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Trump → deploy → reporters
Brent crude, the international standard, lost 2.3% to below $100 a barrel, at $99.95, after advancing on Thursday (October 1, 2026).
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crude → lose → Thursday
The U.S. dollar fell to 157.63 Japanese yen from 158.09 yen.
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dollar → fall → yen
The euro was trading at $1.1255, up from $1.1244.
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euro → trade → 1.1244
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