US stocks set to open higher. Working on the second consecutive day to the upside

A four-day losing streak was snapped yesterday in the US stock market with modest gains achieved in the NASDAQ and S&P index. The Dow is up marginally higher. Today, the major 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 said to extend those gains in early trading. The futures are applying higher levels for each of the major indices. A snapshot of the implied openings currently shows:

• Dow Industrial Average up at 310 points after yesterday's 92.2 point rise
• S&P index 27.5 points after yesterday's 3.96 point rise
• NASDAQ NASDAQ The Nasdaq Stock Market or NASDAQ is an American stock exchange. It trails only the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in market capitalization and is part of a network of stock markets and options exchanges.Launched back in 1971, NASDAQ is the acronym for the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations. Since then it is known simply as NASDAQ and has become one of the most influential exchanges worldwide.The NASDAQ was the world’s first electronic stock market, and has since ass The Nasdaq Stock Market or NASDAQ is an American stock exchange. It trails only the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in market capitalization and is part of a network of stock markets and options exchanges.Launched back in 1971, NASDAQ is the acronym for the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations. Since then it is known simply as NASDAQ and has become one of the most influential exchanges worldwide.The NASDAQ was the world’s first electronic stock market, and has since ass Read this Term index up 49 points after yesterday's 1.08 point rise

US yields are lower helping the tone today (yesterday the 10 year yield was up about 10 basis points).

• Two year yield 4.213%, -4.6 basis points
• five year yield 3.731%, -6.0 basis points
• 10 year yield 3.640%, -4.8 basis points
• 30 year yield 3.699% -4.8 basis points