US PRE MARKET
The S&P 500 Futures are trading at 2,431.50 for up with +0.03% percent or +0.75 point. Other U.S. stock futures are higher in pre-market trading for Wednesday, June 07. The Dow Futures are trading at 21,157.00 with 0.00% percent or +1.00 point . The Nasdaq Futures are trading at 5,869.12 for up with +0.11% percent or +6.37 point.
WEDNESDAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS
U.S. government debt prices were slightly off on Wednesday, as investors prepare themselves for more data releases ahead of an important election in the U.K. and a meeting by the European Central Bank (ECB).
The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note sat higher at around 2.157 percent at 8:14 a.m. ET, while the yield on the 30-year Treasury bond was slightly up at 2.818 percent. Bond yields move inversely to prices.
Investors appear to be taking a breather Wednesday, ahead of a slew of events set to take place later this week.
Ahead of this, political parties are in their final stretch of campaigning on Wednesday, with each group hoping to secure a significant number of parliamentary seats in the election.
TUESDAY’S ACTIVITY
U.S. market indexes were lower Tuesday. For the day The S&P 500 closed at 2,429.33 with a loss of –0.28% percent or –6.77 point. the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 21,136.23 with a loss of –0.23% percent or –47.81 point. The Nasdaq Composite closed at 6,275.06 with a loss of –0.33% percent or –20.63 point.
Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,394.90 with a loss of –0.11% percent or -1.55 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 844.96 with a loss of –0.12% percent or –1.05 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 1,737.05 with a loss of –0.38% percent or –6.57 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,071.62 with a loss of –0.22% percent or –2.38 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 1,437.82 with a loss of -0.27% percent or -3.95 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,346.12 with a loss of -0.29% percent or -3.88 point; and the Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend Index closed at 21,136.23 with a loss of –0.23% percent or –47.81 point.
WORLD MARKETS
In overnight trading in the Eastern Hemisphere,Japan’s Nikkei 225 are trading at 19,984.62 for up with 0.02% percent or +4.72 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng are trading at 25,974.16 with a loss of – 0.09% percent or –22.98 point. China’s Shanghai Composite are trading at 3,140.32 for up with +1.23% percent or +38.20 point. India’s S&P BSE Sensex are trading at 31,271.28 for up with +0.26% percent or +80.72 point. In Europe, the FTSE 100 are trading at 7,514.65 with a loss of –0.14% percent or –10.30 point. Germany’s DAX are trading at 12,707.32 for up with +0.14% percent or +17.20 point. France’s CAC 40 are trading at 5,310.06 for up with +0.78% percent or +40.84 point. The Stoxx Europe 600 are trading at 390.94 for up with +0.40% percent or +1.59 point.