A ho-hum open for US stocks

The major US indices Indices Stock market indices represents an index that measures a particular stock market or a segment of the stock market. These instruments are important investors as they help compare current price levels with past prices to calculate market performance.The main two parameters for indices are that they are both investable and transparent. For example, investors can invest in a stock market index by buying an index fund, which is structured as either a mutual fund or an exchange-traded fund, and track Stock market indices represents an index that measures a particular stock market or a segment of the stock market. These instruments are important investors as they help compare current price levels with past prices to calculate market performance.The main two parameters for indices are that they are both investable and transparent. For example, investors can invest in a stock market index by buying an index fund, which is structured as either a mutual fund or an exchange-traded fund, and track Read this Term are trading mixed with the Dow above and below unchanged, the S&P modestly higher in the NASDAQ index doing the best but not great given the recent declines.

A snapshot of the market currently shows:

• Dow industrial average up 19.3 points or 0.06% at 29946
• S&P index up 13.38 points or 0.36% at 3680.14
• NASDAQ index up 86.89 points or 0.82% at 10732.99
• Russell 2000 up 16.46 points or 1.0% at 1666.30

Yesterday, the 3 major indices fell sharply:

• Dow industrial average fell -741.46 points
• S&P index fell -123.24 points
• NASDAQ index fell -153.06 points

In other markets:

• spot gold is trading down $13.70 or -0.73% at $1843.62
• spot silver is down $0.20 or -0.96% at $21.71
• Crude oil is lower at $114.59