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  "id": 7648416,
  "title": "Wall Street falls as oil spikes, Treasury yield breaches 5%",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/wall-street-falls-as-oil-spikes-treasury-yield-breaches-5-7648416",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-15T21:49:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/business/2026/09/16/wall-street-ends-lower-as-oil-spikes-and-the-benchmark-treasury-yield-breaches-5"
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  "account": "On Tuesday, Wall Street experienced a significant decline as soaring Treasury yields, mounting debt concerns, and increasing crude prices led investors to remain on the sidelines. The three major US stock indexes all extended Monday's losses, with only the energy sector benefiting from rising hostilities in the Middle East, including fresh attacks on Saudi Arabia's energy infrastructure. Peter Tuz, president of Chase Investment Counsel, expressed concern over the near-certainty of rising rates beginning the following day, as well as worries about potential slowdown in the AI ecosystem. Given these factors, Tuz questioned why investors would aggressively enter the market until some of this uncertainty subsides. The Federal Reserve convened for its two-day monetary policy meeting, with the central bank expected to announce a 25-basis-point increase to the Fed funds target rate on Wednesday, marking its first rate hike in over three years. With the recent economic data showcasing a robust labor market, while war-related energy price pressures transformed into broader inflation, the Fed is widely anticipated to implement this hike, despite a 94.5% likelihood of a rate increase, as per CME's FedWatch tool. Oil prices also surged, with front-month West Texas Intermediate and Brent crude settling up 4.4% and 2.9%, respectively, while diesel futures hit a record high. The upward trend in oil prices is expected to fuel inflation, potentially prompting further rate hikes, according to Paul Nolte, a senior wealth adviser at Murphy & Sylvest. As rate-hike expectations grew, global bond yields climbed, causing US Treasury yields to breach the 5% threshold, the highest level since 2007. The pressure on heavily indebted borrowers, particularly those heavily invested in AI, intensified, complementing mounting fears about AI's destructive potential and growing opposition to data center construction. The Philadelphia Semiconductor index, which had previously driven broader market gains, failed to recover from Monday's drop, managing a modest 0.4% gain. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 52,093.11, a 0.63% decline, the S&P 500 dropped 34.25 points, or 0.45%, to 7,585.73, and the Nasdaq Composite lost 204.84 points, or 0.78%, to 25,981.57. Among the 11 S&P 500 sectors, consumer discretionary stocks suffered the most significant percentage losses, while energy stocks advanced 2.3%. Notable stock performance included Dave & Buster's, which plummeted 19% following a revenue miss, and Waystar, which rose 7.1% after exploring potential sales. Bitcoin's weakness was exacerbated by the U.S. Senate failing to advance comprehensive cryptocurrency legislation. In the market, declining issues outnumbered advancers by a 2.56-to-1 ratio on the NYSE and a 2.33-to-1 ratio on the Nasdaq, with 113 new highs and 673 new lows on the NYSE, and 1,439 stocks rising and 3,356 falling on the Nasdaq.",
  "summary": "All three major US stock indexes extended Monday's losses as broad risk-off sentiment weighed on nearly every sector but energy.",
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        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Wall Street falls as oil spikes, Treasury yield breaches 5%",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/wall-street-falls-as-oil-spikes-treasury-yield-breaches-5",
        "published": "2026-09-15T21:49:00.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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