S&P up 0.31%. Nasdaq up 0.40%
US major indices are trading higher at the opening.
- The S&P iindex is trading up about seven points or+ 0.31%
- The Nasdaq is uup by 24 points or+0.40%
- The Dow industrial average is up 38 points or +0.18%
Follow through buying after the late US afternoon trading is helping. The Washington concerns have dissipated. The President will be on a plane to Saudi Arabia (will he tweet from the air?).
European stocks are also higher:
- German DAX is up +0.18%
- France's CAC is up 0.41%
- UK's FTSE is up 0.34%
- Italy's FTSE MIB iis up 0.77%
- Spain's Ibex is up 1%