Mixed opening for the US stocks. Major indices are up for six consecutive weeks.

<p>The major US stock indices are opening mixed. A snapshot of the market shows:</p><ul><li>Dow Industrial Average up 61 points or 0.17% at 36308</li><li>S&amp;P down 5.7 points or -0.13% at 4598.31</li><li>Nasdaq index -76 points or -0.53% at 14327</li></ul><p>The magnificent 7 are trading lower across the board with Meta the weakest to start trading this week:</p><ul><li>META: Price $324.17, Change -$8.58, % Change -2.58%</li><li>AMZN: Price $143.89, Change -$3.46, % Change -2.35%</li><li>GOOGL: Price $131.99, Change -$3.00, % Change -2.22%</li><li>MSFT: Price $367.32, Change -$6.91, % Change -1.85%</li><li>NVDA: Price $467.05, Change -$8.01, % Change -1.69%</li><li>AAPL: Price $192.54, Change -$3.10, % Change -1.58%</li><li>TSLA: Price $241.48, Change -$2.36, % Change -0.97%</li></ul><p>Looking at the components of the S&amp;P index, four of the components are higher while seven or lower. The gainers are led by industrials:</p><ul><li>S5INDU: Standard &amp; Poor's 500 Industrials Sector (S&amp;P 500 Industrials) – Price: $925.45, Change: +$6.49, % Change: +0.71%</li><li>S5C0NS: Standard &amp; Poor's 500 Consumer Staples Sector (S&amp;P 500 Consumer Staples) – Price: $741.73, Change: +$3.99, % Change: +0.54%</li><li>S5HLTH: Standard &amp; Poor's 500 Health Care Sector (S&amp;P 500 Health Care) – Price: $1542.60, Change: +$6.93, % Change: +0.45%</li><li>SPF: Standard &amp; Poor's 500 Financials Sector (S&amp;P 500 Financials) – Price: $601.29, Change: +$2.49, % Change: +0.42%</li></ul><p>The losers at the start of the day shows, consumer discretionary's are the weakest in the snapshot:</p><ul><li>S5C0ND: Standard &amp; Poor's 500 Consumer Discretionary Sector (S&amp;P 500 Consumer Discretionary) – Price: $1364.84, Change: -$4.58, % Change: -0.33%</li><li>SPN: Standard &amp; Poor's 500 Energy Sector (S&amp;P 500 Energy) – Price: $621.57, Change: -$1.64, % Change: -0.26%</li><li>S5INFT: Standard &amp; Poor's 500 Information Technology Sector (S&amp;P 500 Information Technology) – Price: $3295.00, Change: -$7.75, % Change: -0.23%</li><li>S5UTIL: Standard &amp; Poor's 500 Utilities Sector (S&amp;P 500 Utilities) – Price: $319.20, Change: -$0.37, % Change: -0.12%</li><li>S5REAS: Standard &amp; Poor's 500 Real Estate Sector (S&amp;P 500 Real Estate) – Price: $236.77, Change: -$0.23, % Change: -0.10%</li><li>S5MATR: Standard &amp; Poor's 500 Materials Sector (S&amp;P 500 Materials) – Price: $513.38, Change: -$0.48, % Change: -0.09%</li><li>S5TELS: Standard &amp; Poor's 500 Telecommunication Services Sector (S&amp;P 500 Telecommunications) – Price: $234.90, Change: -$2.61, % Change: -1.10%</li></ul>

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