US stocks higher to start Wednesday's trading

<p>The major US indices are opening higher led by the NASDAQ index:</p><ul><li>Dow industrial average is trading up 78 points or 0.22% at 35496</li><li>S&amp;P index of 27.38 points or 0.59% at 4582.00</li><li>NASDAQ index is trading up 114 points or 0.80% at 14394.90</li></ul><p>Looking at the US debt market yields are lower but off their lowest levels:</p><ul><li>2 year yield 4.653% -8.2 basis points</li><li>5 year yield 4.224% -6.1 basis points</li><li>10 year yield 4.285% -5.0 basis points</li><li>30 year yield 4.475% -4.8 basis points</li></ul><p>Looking at other markets:</p><ul><li>Crude oil is trading up $0.91 or 1.16% at $77.30</li><li>Gold is trading up $0.56 or 0.02% at $2041.21</li><li>Silver is trading up $0.03 or 0.11% at $25.02</li><li>Bitcoin remains above $38,000 at $38011</li></ul>

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