Yen rises, stocks pare gains after Syria strike: Markets wrap https://t.co/sBgKkkDieI pic.twitter.com/podBejrR0f — Bloomberg Markets (@markets) April 7, 2017Continued below. In the United States, the key US 10 year bond yield, which moves inversely to prices, rallied down to 2.29 per cent from 2.35 per cent before the air strikes. Westpac senior markets strategist Imre Speizer said the flight to safe haven assets was the "obvious reaction" to events in the Middle East. The United States has attacked a Syrian air base with 50-60 cruise missiles in response to a chemical weapons attack it blames on President Bashar Assad. US officials say the Tomahawk missiles were fired from two warships in the Mediterranean Sea, targeting a government-controlled air base in Syria.

Source: New Zealand Herald April 07, 2017 01:56 UTC