US PRE MARKET
The S&P 500 Futures are trading at 2,493.00 with a loss of -0.07% percent or -1.75 point. Other U.S. stock futures are lower in pre-market trading for Thursday, September 14. The Dow Futures are trading at 22,113.00 with 0.00% percent or +1.00 point. The Nasdaq Futures are trading at 5,998.63 with a loss of -0.17% percent or -10.37 point.
THURSDAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS
The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury notes, which moves inversely to price, rose to 2.197 percent, while the yield on the 30-year Treasury bond rose to 2.796 percent.
Investors will have two pieces of economic data to sift through on Thursday, with the weekly report on initial jobless claims and the monthly report on the Consumer Price Index (CPI) in the morning.
The Labor Department said on Wednesday its producer price index for final demand increased 0.2 percent last month, reported Reuters.
WEDNESDAY’S ACTIVITY
U.S. market were higher on Wednesday. For the day the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 22,158.18 for up with +0.18% percent or +39.32 point. The S&P 500 closed at 2,498.37 for up with +0.08% percent or +1.89 point. The Nasdaq Composite closed at 6,460.19 for up with +0.09% percent or +5.91 point.
Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,426.89 for up with +0.24% percent or +3.43 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 856.82 for up with +0.34% percent or +2.91 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 1,748.48 with a loss of –0.16% percent or –2.77 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,104.88 for up with +0.17% percent or +1.85 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 1,477.71 for up with +0.07% percent or +1.03 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,384.01 for up with +0.06% percent or +0.77point; and the Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend Index closed at 22,158.18 for up with +0.18% percent or +39.32 point.
WORLD MARKETS
In overnight trading in the Eastern Hemisphere, Japan’s Nikkei 225 are trading at 19,807.44 with a loss of –0.29% percent or –58.38 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng are trading at 27,777.20 with a loss of –0.32% percent or –90.65 point. China’s Shanghai Composite are trading at 3,384.15 with a loss of –0.42%percent or –116.88 point. India’s S&P BSE Sensex are trading at 32,241.93 for up with +0.17% percent or +55.52 point at 12:15 PM. In Europe, The FTSE 100 are trading at 7,320.18 with a loss of –0.80% percent or –59.25 point. Germany’s DAX are trading at 12,524.39 with a loss of –0.23% percent or –29.18 point. France’s CAC 40 are trading at 5,219.10 for up with 0.03% percent or +1.51 point. The Stoxx Europe 600 are trading at 381.47 for up with +0.03% percent or +0.10 point.