US stocks lower for the 4th consecutive day.

<p>The major US indices are opening lower and working on their 4th consecutive day to the downside.. The S&amp;P and NASDAQ are on pace for their 3rd consecutive week of the downside. The NASDAQ and S&amp;P is on pace for their worst week since March 6. The NASDAQ index has had 3 consecutive days with steady declines of -1.14% to -1.17%.</p><p>A snapshot of the markets currently shows:</p><ul><li>Dow industrial average down -98.27 points or -0.29% at 34376.57</li><li>S&amp;P index down -20.287 points or -0.48% at 4349.50</li><li>NASDAQ index down -108.18 points or -0.81% at 13208.75</li></ul><p>looking at the US debt market, yields are lower, but nearer the highs for the day:</p><ul><li>2 year yield 4.938%, -2.3 basis points</li><li>5 year yield 4.396%, -4.3 basis points</li><li>10 year yield 4.274%, -3.4 basis points</li><li>30 year yield 4.401%, -1.1 basis points</li></ul><p>looking at other markets:</p><ul><li>Crude oil is down $0.85 or -1.06% and $79.54. The low price comes in at $79.02. There is decent support at the $79 level.</li></ul><ul><li>Gold is up $1.63 or 0.09% at $1891.24</li><li>Silver is down $0.02 or -0.11% at $22.65</li><li>Bitcoin is trading at $26,322. The low price reached $26,172 which is the lowest level going back to June 19</li></ul><p>The JPY remains the strongest of the major currencies while the CHF is the weakest.</p>

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