US PRE MARKET

The S&P 500 Futures are trading at 2,421.50  with a loss of  -0.28% percent or -6.75 point. Other U.S. stock futures are higher in pre-market trading for Monday, June 12. The Dow Futures are trading at 21,171.00  with a loss of  -0.17% percent or -36.00 point . The Nasdaq Futures are trading at 5,690.62 with a loss of  -0.17% percent or -35.50 point.

MONDAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

U.S. government debt prices edged lower on Monday as investors looked ahead to the Federal Reserve’s scheduled interest rate decision on Wednesday.

The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury notes, which moves inversely to price, was higher at around 2.214 percent, while the yield on the 30-year Treasury bond was also higher at 2.865 percent.

Monday will see the auction of $72 billion 13-,26-week bills; $24 billion 3-year notes; and $20 billion 10-year notes.

 In oil markets, Brent crude traded at around $48.85 a barrel on Monday, up 1.47 percent, while U.S. crude was around $46.43 a barrel, up 1.31 percent.

FRIDAY’S ACTIVITY

U.S. market indexes were mixed on  Friday. For the day The S&P 500 closed at 2,431.77  with  a loss of  –0.08% percent or –2.02 point. the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 21,271.97 for up with  +0.42% percent or +89.44 point.The Nasdaq Composite closed at 6,207.92  with a loss of  –1.80% percent or +113.85  point.

Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,421.71 for up with +0.43% percent or +6.09 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 864.11 for up with +0.73% percent or +6.23 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 1,757.54 for up with +0.39% percent or +6.78 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,071.90 with a loss of –0.11% percent or –1.14 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 1,441.25  with a loss of  -0.05% percent or -0.70 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,347.51  with a loss of  -0.09% percent or -1.18 point; and the Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend Index closed at 21,271.97 for up with +0.42% percent or +89.44 point.

WORLD MARKETS

In overnight trading in the Eastern Hemisphere,Japan’s Nikkei 225 are trading at 19,908.58 with a loss of –0.52% percent or  –104.68 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng are trading at 25,708.04 with a loss of –1.24% percent or –322.25 point. China’s Shanghai Composite are trading at 3,139.88  with a loss of –0.59% percent or +18.52point. India’s S&P BSE Sensex are trading at 31,095.70 with a loss of –0.53% percent or –166.36 point. In Europe, the FTSE 100 are trading at 7,520.92  with  a loss of  –0.09% percent or – 6.41 point. Germany’s DAX are trading at 12,691.88  with a loss of  –0.97% percent or –123.84 point. France’s CAC 40 are trading at 5,244.46  with a loss of –1.04% percent or –55.25 point. The Stoxx Europe 600 are trading at 386.81 with a loss of -0.92% percent or -3.58 point.