10-year Treasury hits 2007 high as oil stays above $100: AlphaCheck

10-year Treasury hits 2007 high as oil stays above $100: AlphaCheck

Ines Ferré · Senior Business Reporter

Tue, September 15, 2026 at 5:07 PM GMT+3 1 min read

Good morning. Stocks fell on Tuesday as oil prices stayed solidly above $100 per barrel ahead of the Federal Reserve's key policy meeting this week.

Brent crude futures (BZ=F) rose to $105 per barrel, raising concerns about persistent inflation.

The 10-year Treasury (^TNX) rose as high as 5.04%, its highest level since 2007, after breaching the 5% threshold on Monday.

Investors expect Fed policymakers to raise rates on Wednesday following their two-day policy meeting.

Here's a check of the markets in the first few minutes of trading, based on a heat map powered by Yahoo Finance AlphaSpace data.

Tech stocks (XLK) gained as chip heavyweight (NVDA) led a rebound in semiconductors.

The move comes after AI titans Anthropic (ANTH.PVT) and OpenAI (OPAI.PVT) sounded the alarm about the risks of AI, calling for a slowdown in its development.

Bitcoin (BTC-USD) declined 3% as a long-awaited procedural vote on the crypto-related Clarity Act was set for Tuesday afternoon, with the market assigning about a 30% chance the bill would secure the 60 votes needed to proceed.

Here are some other notable stocks that Yahoo Finance readers are viewing this morning: Bank of America (BAC), Coinbase (COIN), and Nebius Group (ZScaler).

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