US stocks higher in early US trading


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The major US stock indices are tradiing higher at the start of the US session. Yesterday, was the same and the priced dumped and closed lower for the 3rd day in a row. Will traders dump again after overnight gains?

So far, the buyers are winning.

A snapshot 15 minutes into the open shows:

  • Dow industrial average is up 107.6 points or 0.34% at 31898.48
  • S&P index is up 2123 points or 0.55% at 4007.98
  • NASDAQ index is up 103.85 points or 0.87% at 11986.98
  • Russell 2000 is up 3.19 points or 0.17% at 1858.78

Looking at the debt market, yields are marginally higher:

  • 2 year 3.452%, +0.4 basis points
  • 5 year 3.28%, +1.2 basis points
  • 10 year 3.121%, +1.5 basis point
  • 30 year 3.229%, +0.7 basis points