U.S. stocks were mixed on Thursday, with the Dow Jones falling 0.31% and TSMC ADR rising 1.03%.

U.S. stocks were mixed on Thursday. (Bloomberg)

[Instant News/Comprehensive Report] U.S. government bond yields are at a multi-decade high, continuing to put pressure on the stock market. U.S. stocks were mixed on Thursday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 161.61 points or 0.31% for the third time in a row. 500 Index fell slightly by 0.02%, the Nasdaq Index rose slightly by 0.01%, the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index fell by 0.33%, and TSMC ADR rose by $4.58, 1.03%, to close at $451.15.

Comprehensive foreign media reports, Reuters quoted sources as saying that negotiators from the United States and Iran in New York are considering an agreement that would end the conflict in the Middle East in phases. Iran would reopen the Strait of Hormuz and the United States would lift its economic blockade on Tehran. Stocks rebounded from their lows on the news.

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However, oil prices and bond yields remain high. Brent crude oil prices rose more than 3% to settle above $106 a barrel. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures rose 2.7% to settle at $94.61 a barrel. The 30-year U.S. Treasury yield hit a high of 5.501%, the highest since June 2004. As yields soar, so do market expectations that the central bank will raise interest rates. According to the CME Group's FedWatch tool, the probability that the Fed will raise interest rates again in October is close to 71%.

Oracle fell 3.5% on Thursday after news broke that the company issued a notice that in the event of delays in the "Jupiter Project", a large data center in New Mexico, Oracle would invoke a "force majeure" clause to delay payment. Other large stocks such as Huida fell 0.41%, Microsoft fell 0.53%, Apple fell 0.33%, Amazon rose 0.04%, Meta rose 4.50%, Alphabet rose 1.2%, and Tesla fell 0.57%.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 161.61 points, or 0.31%, to close at 51,349.98 points.

The S&P 500 index fell 1.90 points or 0.02% to close at 7704.13 points.

The Nasdaq Composite Index rose 3.34 points, or 0.01%, to close at 26939.38 points.

The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index fell 41.74 points, or 0.33%, to close at 12,492.54 points.

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