The major US indices are modestly lower in early US trading. The premarket and indices up modestly, but sellers have taken more control in the early minutes of the day.
A snapshot of the market currently shows:
- Dow industrial average -86 points or -0.23% at 35890
- S&P index -5.48 points or -0.12% at 4706
- NASDAQ index -8 point to -0.06% 15622.50
The Russell 2000 index is also lower by -9.59 points or -0.43% at 2202.21
A snapshot of other markets as US stock trading gets underway shows:
- Spot gold up three dollars or 0.17% at $1785
- Spot silver is up $0.14 at $22.29
- WTI crude oil futures are trading relatively steady at $71.10. That's down from the settle price of $71.67 on Friday
- Bitcoin is trading at $47,848
- 2 year yield is at 0.671% up about 1.0 basis points
- 10 year yield is at 1.450% down about four basis points
