Major US indices open near unchanged. Rally off of premarket lows. | Forexlive

The major US stock indices are opening up little changed to start the final trading day of the week. For the week, the indices are also little changed/modestly lower.

A snapshot of the market 5 minutes into the open is showing:

• Dow Industrial Average -8.44 points or -0.02% at 33778.19
• S&P index is up 1.54 points or 0.04% at 4131.34
• NASDAQ index is down -11.55 points or -0.10% at 12048.01
• Russell 2000 is down -0.09 points or -0.01% at 1789.52

For the trading week, the major indices are modestly lower:

• Dow industrial average is down -0.30%
• S&P index is down -0.18%
• NASDAQ index is the worst performer at down -0.72%