 Brent oil down $0.31 in early trading at $84.95 a barrel. Gold in New York down $1.30 an ounce at $2,335.50 an ounce. Silver is up $0.25 at $29.51 an ounce. So again, stocks are generally moving higher in early trading after a slow start. The Dow is now up 271 points at 39,435 points.