Markets are bullish as the trading day gets underway

• Top laggard iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF giving up 10.5 cents, or 0.21%, so far this session IShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF is having a negative session so far (down 0.16%).
• European markets have struggled to gain ground and are now trading lower midway through the session.

The trading session is underway and markets are up including news that Nasdaq up to 13,346, gaining 0.81%. S&P 500 up to 4,316.81, gaining 0.53%.

European markets have struggled to gain ground and are now trading lower midway through the session. Asia-Pacific markets are trending positively as Nikkei jumps to 32,265 (up 1.97%).

3Rd quarter earnings season is mostly over, with NIO Inc. & The Toro Company releasing their earnings reports just this week.

On a negative note, the market received some disappointing news as following a previous reading of 233,000, Initial Jobless Claims in United States released yesterday at 12:30 UTC fell short of the 235,000 figure expected by analysts with an actual reading of 261,000. Following a previous reading of 4.49 million, Crude Oil Inventories in United States released Wednesday fell short of the 1 million figure expected by analysts with an actual reading of -451,000.

Today's rise takes place amid mixed market indicators — United States Fed's Balance Sheet released yesterday at 20:30 UTC with a figure of 8.39 trillion, while the previous figure was 8.39 trillion.

IShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF falls 0.21% to trade at $50.06. IShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF is having a negative session so far (down 0.16%).

IShares Trust – iShares iBonds Dec 2021 Term Treasury ETF | Currently steady around $25.35

It's been more of the same this session on the back of a month of flat trade, Today's session so far looks to be heading in a similar way — iShares Trust – iShares iBonds Dec 2021 Term Treasury ETF trades at $25.35, after ending yesterday at $25.36.

IShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF | Currently down 0.16% at $81.3

IShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF is consolidating around the $81.3 level after dropping 13 cents at the start of the trading session.