Mixed start to the trading day. NASDAQ marginally lower.

The US major indices are trading marginally higher to start the final day of the trading week which included a presidential election and Federal Reserve interest rate cut.

The markets are cheering the Pres. Trump victory with solid gains this week. There may be a little slowing today, but still it is not a bad day.

• Dow industrial average up 85.10 points or 0.19% at 43814.44
• S&P index up 8.02 points or 0.13% at 5981.12
• NASDAQ index is now trading down -15.88 points or -0.08% at 19253.57

THe small cap Russell 2000 is up 5.14 points or 0.22% at 2387.83

For the trading week, the gains were led by the Russell 2000 and the Nasdaq index (working on a 3 day win streak)

• Dow industrial average is up 4.24%
• S&P index is up 4.47%
• NASDAQ index is up 5.67%
• Russell 2000 is up 7.97%

The US yields are lower today and ironically the 10 year yield is down for the trading week.

• 2-year yield 4.218%, -0.2 basis points
• 5-year yield 4.166%, -2.4 basis points
• 10-year yield 4.300%, -4.3 basis points
• 30-year yield 4.487%, -5.6 basis points

A week ago, the 10-year yield closed at 4.38%. The two-year yield is unchanged on the week at 4.21%

Looking at other markets:

• Crude oil is trading down $-1.48 and $70.90. For the week the price is up around $2.40
• Gold is trading down $17 or -0.64% at $2689.07. That is down from a closing level last week at $2735.80
• Bitcoin is trading at $75,811. Last week, the digital currency closed at $68,738. The digital currency market expect Pres. Trump to be a proponent of Bitcoin (and other digital currencies).

This article was written by Greg Michalowski at www.forexlive.com.