Stock Market Today: 10-year yield under 4%;  stocks slump
 Yahoo Finance·2025-10-17 01:30
Updated 2:30 a.m. ET Friday Global uncertainty, bank losses weigh on market For the first time since October2024, the yield on the 10-year U.S. note fell below 4%. This actually wasn't good news. The major stock indexes are fell in afternoon trading. Investors were quickly unloading stocks and buying bonds for safety. The yield, which fell to 3.973%, was the lowest since April 4, during the tariff selloff, when it hit low that day of 3.886%. Before then, it hadn't been below 4% since a 3.962% yield on O ...