Dow stock index leads the indices

The US stocks are opening with modest gains

  • Dow industrial average is up 40 points or 0.17%
  • NASDAQ indexes up 6.67 points or 0.9%
  • S&P indexes up one point or 0.04%

In the US debt market yields are trading near unchanged levels:

  • 2year 2.586%, unchanged
  • 5 year 2.742%, -0.5 basis points
  • 10 year 2.844%, -0.2 basis points
  • 30 year 2.945%, unchanged

in other markets:

  • spot gold is down $6.65 or -0.53% in $1240.88
  • WTI crude oil futures are trading up $.32 or 0.46% at $70.65

The dollar has given up some of the gains and JPY is now the strongest of the majors: