The major US stock indices are opening higher. The Dow and S&P are working on their 2nd day in a row to the upside. The NASDAQ index is looking to snapped a 5 day losing streak. A snapshot of the market currently shows:
- Dow industrial average +125 points or 0.4% 31782.50
- S&P index up 22.69 points or 0.57% at 3990.10
- NASDAQ index up 57.47 points or 0.50% at 11843.20
- Russell 2000 up 10.3 points or 0.57% at 1833.12
Taking a look at other markets:
- spot gold is up $13 or 0.77% at $1709.06
- spot silver is up $0.19 or 1.1% at $17.95
- WTI crude oil is moving higher and up about $2 at $88.84
- bitcoin is marginally higher $20,359
In the US debt market, yields are mostly lower
- 2 year yield 3.426%, -8.2 basis points
- 5 year 3.324%, -7.7 basis points
- 10 year 3.223%, -3.4 basis points
- 30 year 3.377%, +1.3 basis points
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