S&P Futures Opening Update as on 05 July 2017

US PRE MARKET

The S&P 500 Futures are trading at 2,426.12 for up with +0.06% percent or +1.50 point. Other U.S. stock futures are lower in pre-market trading for Wednesday, July 05. The Dow Futures are trading at 21,442.50 for up with +0.03% percent or +6.50 point. The Nasdaq Futures are trading at 5,576.50  with a loss of -0.23% percent or -12.75 point.

WEDNESDAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

U.S. stock index futures pointed to a mixed open on Wednesday as traders awaited the release of the Federal Reserve’s latest meeting minutes.

Dow and S&P futures traded flat, while Nasdaq futures slipped 13.25 points.

 The minutes are from the June 14 meeting when the FOMC raised rates for a second time this year and revealed details on how it intends to gradually begin paring back its more than $4.5 trillion balance sheet. The markets have doubted the Fed will hike rates for a third time this year, giving just about 50 percent odds for a September rate rise.
 Elsewhere on the data front, Wednesday will see factory orders for May released at around 10 a.m. ET.
On the earnings front, Yum China is scheduled to report before the bell. Herman Miller and PriceSmart are both due to report after the market close.

TUESDAY’S ACTIVITY

U.S. market indexes were mixed on Tuesday. For the day The S&P 500 closed at 2,429.01 for up with +0.23% percent or +5.60 point. the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 21,479.27 for up with +0.61% percent or +129.64 point. The Nasdaq Composite closed at 6,110.06 with a loss of –0.49% percent or -30.36 point.

Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,426.68 for up with + 0.80% percent or +11.32 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 863.34 for up with +0.88% percent or +7.49 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 1,758.04 for up with +0.65% percent or +11.39 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,070.50 for up with +0.26% percent or +2.79 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 1,441.00 for up with of +0.29% percent or +4.18 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,346.86 for up with +0.25% percent or +3.34 point; and the Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend Index closed at 21,479.27 for up with +0.61% percent or 129.64 point.

WORLD MARKETS

In overnight trading in the Eastern Hemisphere, Japan’s Nikkei 225 are trading at 20,081.63 for up with  +0.25% percent or +49.28 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng are trading at 25,491.23 for up with  +0.40% percent or  +102.22 point. China’s Shanghai Composite are trading at 3,204.61 for up with  +0.69% percent or  +21.81 point. India’s S&P BSE Sensex are trading at 31,213.01 for up with  0.01% percent or +3.22 point at 12:15 PM . In Europe, the FTSE 100 are trading at 7,367.01 for up with  +0.13% percent or +9.78 point. Germany’s DAX are trading at 12,439.59 for up with  +0.02% percent or +2.35 point. France’s CAC 40 are trading at 5,184.17 for up with  +0.20% percent or +10.26 point. The Stoxx Europe 600 are trading at 382.76 for up with +0.12% percent or +0.51 point.