Banks are sliding as the yield curve nears its flattest level since 2007
The benchmark 10-year yield is down 9.6 bps to 2.07% and at its lowest levels since the week following President Donald Trump's election victory. The 5-year yield is lower by 5 bps at 1.28%
A flatter yield curve hurts bank profitability, allowing them to make less on the spread between what they borrow in the short-term and what they lend over the long-term.
Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase are among the biggest laggards in the Dow Jones industrial average, trading down 3.2% and 2.5%, respectively.
But the damage isn't limited to just those names. The financial sector as a whole is feeling the heat. Here's a look at the scoreboard as of 1 p.m. ET:
- Bank of America -3.2%
- Citigroup -2.4%
- Goldman Sachs -3.2%
- JPMorgan Chase -2.5%
- Wells Fargo -2%
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