US stock market kicks off November with record highs

ANKARA

Major indices in the US stock market opened higher Monday to kick off the month of November with record highs.

The blue-chip Dow Jones climbed to a record high of 36,000 points at 9.33 a.m. EDT with JPMorgan and Morgan Stanley adding over 1.4% apiece.

The S&P 500 rose 0.3% to an all-time high of 4,620.34 points. Tesla stock price jumped 1.9%.

The Nasdaq also hit a record high of 15,541.53 points.

The yield on 10-year US Treasury notes was up 2.9% to 1.601%, while the US dollar index decreased 0.07% to 94.06.

The VIX volatility index, known as the fear index, rose 4.2% to 16.95.

Price of international benchmark Brent crude was trading at $84.98 with a 1.5% gain, the US benchmark West Texas Intermediate was up 1.5% to $84.81.

Precious metals were on the rise with gold adding 0.3% to $1,788 per ounce and silver increasing 0.4% to $23.98.

Bitcoin was trading around $62,000 with a 2.5% gain.