JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<input type="button" value="Clicky Clicky" class="clickit" />
<table width="571" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr bgcolor="#000000"><td><table border="0" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="0" align="center" width="571">

              <tr>
                <td bgcolor="#000000">&nbsp;</td>
                <td align="center" bgcolor="#000000" colspan="8"><p class="white">New 
                    York Spot Price</td>
                <td></td>
                <td align="right" bgcolor="#000000">&nbsp;</td>
              </tr>
              <tr bgcolor="#F3F3E4">
                <td bgcolor="#000000" width="31" nowrap></td>
                <td bgcolor="#000000">&nbsp;</td>
                <td align="center" colspan="7" bgcolor="#F3F3E4"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b><font color=RED>MARKET IS CLOSED</font><BR>(Will open in 5 hrs. 25 mins.)</b></font></td>
                <td colspan="2" align="center" bgcolor="#F3F3E4">&nbsp;</td>
              </tr>
              <tr bgcolor="#F3F3E4" align="center">
                <td bgcolor="#000000">&nbsp;</td>
                <td bgcolor="#000000">&nbsp;</td>
                <td bgcolor="#CCCC99"><p>Metals</td>
                <td bgcolor="#CCCC99"><p>Date</td>
                <td bgcolor="#CCCC99"><p>Time<br>
                    (EST)</td>
                <td bgcolor="#CCCC99"><p>Bid</td>
                <td bgcolor="#CCCC99"><p>Ask</td>
                <td colspan="2" bgcolor="#CCCC99"><p>Change</td>
                <td bgcolor="#CCCC99"><p>Low</td>
                <td bgcolor="#CCCC99"><p>High</td>
              </tr>
              <tr bgcolor="#F3F3E4" align="center">
                <td bgcolor="#000000" width="31" nowrap>&nbsp;</td>
                <td bgcolor="#000000" nowrap>&nbsp;</td>
                <td align="left"><p>&nbsp;<a href="/charts/livegoldnewyork.html" onMouseOver="ChangeImage('NY1','0')" onMouseOut="ChangeImage('NY1','1')">GOLD</a></td>
               ...

JavaScript

$(document).ready(function() {
    $('.clickit').click(function(){
    alert($('table tr').eq(5).text());
    });
  
});