A mixed start for US stocks as Nasdaq 100 gains and the Dow falls

The US stock markets have just reopened for live trading and it has been a mixed start to the final session of the week. That was always going to be the case, given the slide in United Health in the premarket (falling by as much as 12%) and how that sent the Dow Jones futures falling back. So, the Nasdaq 100 is not part of that play and hence it has just opened higher. The index closed last night at 22,068, with a loss of 107 points on the day. The index has just officially reopened at 22,110. Conversely the Dow Jones, which closed last night at 44,176 has just reopened at 43,820, but that was not a tradable rate to be honest, just a book entry. The reader is reminded; that very shortly at 2.45pm GMT we will get the same flash PMI data that we had across Europe earlier today. That is expected to show a modest improvement in both US services and manufacturing and an update here will follow once it is all released. The Nasdaq 100 is just now trading at 22,095 and seemingly being dragged back by the Dow just now