US major indices open higher after tamer than expected PPI

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• Dow industrial average is trading up 217 points or 0.67% at 33531
• S&P index is up 28.41 points or 0.62% 4236
• NASDAQ index is up 88 points or 0.69% 12941.47
• Russell 2000 is up 19.5 points or 0.99% at 1988.68

Disney shares are trading at $121.12. That's up $8.73 or 7.68% after stronger than expected earnings and streaming subscriber data.

In other markets as US stock trading gets underway:

• spot gold is trading up $1.50 or 0.08% at $1792.67
• spot silver is trading down $0.12 or -0.55% at $20.44
• WTI crude oil is trading higher by $1.54 at $93.47
• The price bitcoin is higher at $24,652

US yields are mixed with the shorter end lower and the longer end higher. The US treasury will auction off 30 year bonds at 1 PM ET which may be contributing to the shift in the yield curve a bit as the market prepares for the new supply

• 2 year trading at 3.152%, or -6.4 basis points.
• 10 year is trading at 2.772% or -1.3 basis points.
• 30 year 3.051%, +1.8 basis points

The USD is lower but off lowest levels . See morning video outlining the levels in play for the EURUSD, USDJPY and GBPUSD today.