US stocks are higher with 30 minutes to go in trading. Any gains would be the 2nd consecutive day for higher levels. The NASDAQ index closed down for 7 consecutive days before yesterday's move to the upside.
A snapshot of the market currently shows:
- Dow industrial average up 103 points or +0.33%
- S&P index up 14.2 points or +0.36%
- NASDAQ index up 31.5 points or +0.27%
- Russell 2000 is up 12.12 points or 0.66%
In the US debt market, yields are higher:
- 2 year 3.487%, +5.0 basis point
- 10 year 3.292% +2.5 basis points
- 30 year 3.449%, +3.5 basis points
The price of crude oil is trading up $1.32 at $82.26.
Gold is trading down around $10 at $1707.90.
In the forex, the USDCHF is the biggest mover of the major currencies with a decline of -0.56%. The USDJPY is up 0.15%. Close higher would be the 9th day in the last 10 where the price moved higher (the only decline was to pips back on September 2).
