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

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