Major stock market indexes (^DJI, ^IXIC, ^GSPC) start Thursday's session mixed. The Dow Jones Industrial Average has notched six consecutive days of gains.

Morning Brief Host Brad Smith summarizes the generally flat start to the day after the opening bell.

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This post was written by Luke Carberry Mogan.

Video Transcript

The bill ceremoniously interrupts me and all of the, uh, different Fed speakers that we're expected to hear from.It's gonna be interesting to see where that continues to move.The dialogue is today.We're gonna hear from San Francisco Fed President Mary Daly at 2 p.m.Anyway, we'll get back to the Fed speaking in a hot second.Take a look at the NYSE and the NASDAQ while we have the shots up here on the day you've got the Children's Tumour Foundation ringing the opening bell at the NYSC and oh my goodness, Ferrovial is ringing the opening bell at the NASDAQ.Good friends from Ferrovial.All right, let's take a quick check of the market sponsored by Tasty Trade.Here we are mixed out of the gate right now.The Dow Jones industrial average down by about 1/10 of a percent.The S and P 500.You're seeing that flat just barely to the upside.And then the NASDAQ composite Tech heavy average hold on to gains by about 2/10 of a percent to start off the day