US stocks trading near highs. NASDAQ outperforms

<p>With one hour to go in stock trading, the major indices are trading their highs for the day:</p><ul><li>Dow Industrial Average is up 322.21 points or 0.96% at 33992</li><li>S&amp;P index is up 47.21 points or 1.09% at 4374.96</li><li>NASDAQ index is up 167 points or 1.25% at 13575.39</li></ul><p>The gains come despite Apple being down $0.46 or -0.25% at $178.40 on reports that China I15 sales are slow.</p><p>However, Microsoft shares are leading the way with a gain of $6.13 or 1.86% at $333.82. The high price today reached the highest level since September 15.</p><ul><li>Meta shares are up $6.21 or 1.97% at $320.93</li><li>Alphabet shares are rising with the market up $1.80 or 1.30% at $139.18</li><li>Tesla which will announce earnings later this week is trading up $3.45 or 1.37% at $254.59</li><li>Netflix will also report earnings later this weekend there shares are up $6 or 1.68% at $361.67.</li></ul>

This article was written by Greg Michalowski at www.forexlive.com.