Major US indices trading mixed in early trading

The major US indices are mixed in early trading:

• Dow industrial average is up 64 points or 0.19% at 34163.20
• S&P index is up 2.55 points or 0.06% at 4172.10
• NASDAQ index is down minus 10.6.4 -0.09% at 12216
• Russell 2000 is up 2.95 points or 0.18% 1772.11

In the US debt market, yields are marginally higher with the two-year leading the way up 4.0 basis points

• 2 year yield 4.105%, +4.2 basis points
• 5 year yield 3.558% +2.0 basis points
• 10 year yield 3.480% +2.9 basis points
• 30 year yield 3.720% +4.4 basis points

in other markets:

• Spot gold is up $13.76 or 0.69% at 2003.12. The price is reacting to the lower dollar this morning.
• Spot silver is up $0.68 or 2.74% $25.72
• WTI crude oil is down $1.35 or -1.76% at $75.41
• Bitcoin is trading fairly steady at $28,566