Mixed start to the last trading day of the year for major stock indices

Mixed start to the last trading day of the year for major stock indices

The major US indices are mixed/little changed in early trading. That risk is the eight-week winning streak heading into the last trading day/week of the year.

A snapshot of the market currently shows:

  • Dow Industrial Average up 34.18 points or 0.09% at 37744.29
  • S&P index up 1.98 points or 0.04% at 4785.34
  • Nasdaq index -2.30 points or -0.02% at 15092.84.

Yesterday Dow Industrial Average closed at a new all-time high close. The S&P index that within about three points of its all-time high closing level at 4796.57. The intraday all-time high price for the S&P is 4818.62.

For the trading week:

  • Dow Industrial Average is up 0.92%
  • S&P index is up 0.67%
  • Nasdaq index is up 0.71%

The small-cap Russell 2000 index is trading down -2.586 points or -0.13% at 2055.72. For the trading week, the index is up 1.07%.

Looking at the US debt market, yields are marginally higher:

  • 2-year yield 4.291%, +1.0 basis points
  • 5-year yield 3.861% +1.4 basis points
  • 10-year yield 3.867% +1.8 basis points
  • 30-year yield 4.01% +2.1 basis points
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