Forex Trading For Beginners 2021: Record levels for S&P and NASDAQ

S&P index leading the way

The major indices are opening higher with both the S&P and NASDAQ index trading to new all-time highs. The S&P is leading the way, but the Dow and NASDAQ are not far behind that is trading gets underway.

A snapshot of the market currently shows:

Dow industrial average +163 points or 0.46% at 35762
S&P index up 26.5 points or 0.56% of 4724.35
NASDAQ index up 80 points or 0.49% at 16138

a snapshot of other markets currently shows:

Spot gold is down $30 on the stronger dollar move. That is down -1.61% at $1815.81
silver is trading down $0.21 -0.81% at $24.40
Crude oil is trading at $75.62
Bitcoin is trading at $58,251. That's up from earlier New York levels and the low for the day at $56,640

US yields are higher with the five year up 8.2 basis points to 1.2855%. The market is anticipating that Powell is more hawkish than Brainard. That may or may not be true but the market is reacting in that direction.