The major US stock indices are trading higher in early US trading on this Friday, but the indices are off their pre-market futures levels as well.
The early US pre-market levels had the major indices showing:
- Dow industrial average up 210 points after yesterdays -7.51 point decline
- S&P index up 34.44 points after yesterdays -12.23 point decline
- NASDAQ index +116 points after yesterdays -38.70 point decline
Fifteen minutes into the open, the major indices are showing:
- Dow up 144 points or 0.43% at 33688
- S&P up 22. 50 points or 0.56% at 3969.
- Nasdaq up 56 points ro 0.52% at 11203
The Russell 2000 is trading up 18.68 points or 1.02% at 1857.81.
For the trading week the major indices are modestly lower:
- Dow, -0.20%
- S&P, -0.65%
- Nasdaq, -1.10%
- Russell 2000, -1.29%
US yields are modestly higher:
- 2 year 4.482%, up 2.8 bps
- 5 year 3.96%, up 3.0 bps
- 10 year 3.79%, +1.8 bos
- 30 year 3.89%, unchanged
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