The major US indices all moved up over 2% on Friday on the back of the Goldilocks US jobs report. We are seeing follow-through buying in early trading today.
A snapshot of the markets 10 minutes into the opening, is showing:
- Dow Industrial Average up 92.03 points or 0.27% at 33722.65
- S&P index up 16.27 points or 0.42% at 3911.34
- NASDAQ index of 90.09 points or 0.85% at 10659.39
- Russell 2000 up a .56 points or 0.48% at 1801.36
in the US at that market, yields are mixed with a steeper yield curve :
- two year 4.239%, -2.1 basis points
- five year 3.697% -1.6 basis points
- 10 year 3.58% +0.9 basis points
- 30 year 3.717% +2.6 basis points
in other markets
- spot gold is trading up $11.52 or 0.62% at $1877
- spot silver is up $0.17 or 0.77% at $23.98
- WTI crude oil is trading up $2.03 at $75.78
- bitcoin is remaining above the $17,000 level at $17,232. The high price reached $17,290 earlier today
In the forex market, the USD is moving lower and is the weakest of major currencies. The CHF is the strongest.
The strongest to the weakest of the major currencies