Major US stock indices are set to open lower after the weekend attack in Israel

Although the US bond market is closed today in observance of the Columbus Day holiday, the US stock markets will be open. The major indices futures are implying a lower opening after the weekend attack in Israel where over 1100 people have died and thousands are injured. Crude oil prices are higher (up 3.5%).

A snapshot of the premarket levels employed by the futures of showing:

• Dow industrial average -152 points. On Friday the index rose 288.01 points or 0.87%
• S&P index -21.5 points. On Friday the index rose 50.31 points or 1.18%.
• NASDAQ index -90 points. On Friday, the index rose 211.51 points more 1.60%

The major indices were mixed last week with the Dow industrial average falling -0.30%. The S&P index eked out a 0.48% rise, and the NASDAQ index rose 1.6%. For the S&P index, it snapped a 4-week decline.