The Open Bell — Ep. 078 — 8 Oct 2026
Today on The Open Bell:
Brent crude just jumped more than three dollars in a single session to clear $103 a barrel, and if you've ever wondered how fast a flare-up in the Strait of Hormuz turns into a higher number at the petrol pump, today's your case study.
Chinese stock markets reopened this morning after a week-long National Day holiday and walked straight into a wall of news their traders had been locked out of, including US government borrowing costs at levels nobody's seen since 2002, which makes their first session back less a trading day and more a damage assessment.
The yield on the 10-year US Treasury, basically the interest rate the government pays when it borrows, hit 5.35% on Tuesday, a 24-year high, and what sounds like an abstract number in a headline is in practice a direct line to what you pay on a new mortgage.
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Chapters: 00:00 Introduction 00:16 Oil Surges Past $103 as Middle East Tensions Tighten Supply 02:55 China's A-Shares Reopen After 7-Day Golden Week Break to New 05:11 US 10-Year Treasury Yield Hits 24-Year High of 5.35% on Oct 07:11 Closing thoughts