US stocks trading higher and looking to snap its two-day slide

The major US stock 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 shrugging off the Fed hawkish speak. They also are looking to snap a two-day slide to start the month of August.

A snapshot of the market 12 minutes into the open is currently showing:

• Dow industrial average up 232.57 points or 0.72% at 32628.75
• S&P index up 31.04 points or 0.76% at 4122.24
• NASDAQ index up 140.85 points or 1.14% at 12489.61
• Russell 2000 up 15.82 points or 0.84% at 1898.26

In other markets:

• Spot gold is up $7.28 or 0.41% at $1767.30
• Spot silver is up $0.07 or 0.35% at $20 even
• The price of WTI crude oil is trading near unchanged at $94.49
• Bitcoin is trading at $23,328

In the US debt market, yields remain higher with the 2 year leading the way:

• 2 year 3.10% up 4.7 basis points
• 5 year 2.882%, up 2.4 basis points
• 10 year 2.71%, up 2.9 basis points
• 30 year 3.029% up 2.2 basis points