📈 The three major US stock indices collectively closed higher | safe haven retreat, US dollar strengthening Dow Jones Industrial Average: up 0.70% NASDAQ index: up 0.27% S&P 500 index: up 0.43% Russell 2000 Index: up 0.33% 📌 The US dollar index rose 0.64% to 99.90 📌 VIX Panic Index: Down 4.89%, to 23.55 📉 US Treasury yields decline 2-year term: down 1.24 basis points to 3.7703% 10-year term: decline