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%