Major indices trading modestly lower in early US trading

The major US stock indices are trading modestly lower at the start of trading for the day. The Dow industrial average is trading above and below unchanged. The NASDAQ index is leading the way to the downside with a somewhat modest -0.35% decline. The major indices all fell yesterday after the Federal Reserve raised rates by 75 basis points and indicated that rates at the end of the year would be higher than the markets expectations.

A snapshot of the market 4 minutes after the opening bell is showing:

Dow industrial average -6.76 points or -0.02% at 30177.03
S&P index -4.77 points or -0.13% at 3785.17
NASDAQ index -29.64 points or -0.26% at 11190.56
Russell 2000-5.77 points at -0.33% 1756.38

In the US debt market,

2 year yield is back above the 4% at 4.097%
The 10 year yield has reached a new high going back to February 2011 at 3.654%. The next target comes in at 3.75%.

In other markets: