US stock market open 23 September 2016

  • S&P -5pts to 2171

  • Dow -30pts to 18360

  • Nasdaq -13pts to 5326

US 10 year yields 1.62% flat

Stocks are a little softer at the open, perhaps unsurprisingly. If there's one thing to be said about the Twitter news, it's shown the appetite for M&A which is a positive for an economy generally.