US PRE MARKET
The S&P 500 Futures are trading at 2,756.25 for up with +0.03% percent or +0.75 point. Other U.S. stock futures are mixed in pre-market trading for Friday, March 16. The Dow Futures are trading at 24,910.00 with a loss of -0.06% percent or -12.00 point. The Nasdaq Futures are trading at 7,068.75 with a loss of -0.02% percent or -1.75 point.
FRIDAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS
THURSDAY’S ACTIVITY
U.S. market were mixed on Thursday. For the day the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 24,873.66 for up with +0.47% percent or +115.54 point. The S&P 500 closed at 2,747.33 with a loss of -0.08% percent or -2.15 point. The Nasdaq Composite closed at 7,481.74 with a loss of -0.20% percent or -15.07 point.
Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,576.62 with a loss of –0.49% percent or -7.69 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 961.21 with a loss of -0.41% percent or -3.97 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 1,922.24 with a loss of -0.36% percent or -7.04 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,210.77 with a loss of -0.02% percent or -0.25 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 1,625.90 with a loss of -0.14% percent or -2.29 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,522.26 with a loss of -0.11% percent or -1.71 point; and the Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend Index closed at 24,873.66 for up with +0.47% percent or +115.54 point.
WORLD MARKETS
In overnight trading in the Eastern Hemisphere, Japan’s Nikkei 225 are trading at 21,676.51 with a loss of -0.58% percent or -127.44 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng are trading at 31,402.38 with a loss of -0.44% percent or -138.72 point. China’s Shanghai Composite are trading at 3,269.88 with a loss of -0.65% percent or -21.23 point. India’s BSE Sensex are trading at 33,409.04 with a loss of -0.82% percent or – 276.50 point at 12:15 PM.The FTSE 100 are trading at 7,153.14 for up with +0.19% percent or +13.38 point. Germany’s DAX are trading at 12,399.52 for up with +0.44% percent or +53.96 point. France’s CAC 40 are trading at 5,273.40 for up with +0.12% percent or +6.14 point. The Stoxx Europe 600 are trading at 377.36 for up with +0.13% percent or +0.49 point.
The White House is thinking about implementing tariffs on at least $30 billion of Chinese imports as part of a package of anti-China measures, the Wall Street Journal reported. Reuters also reported Tuesday that President Donald Trump may impose tariffs on $60 billion of Chinese goods.
Investors worry that other countries could retaliate by implementing their own tariffs on U.S.-made goods and sparking a trade war. This would hurt companies who do business overseas, especially large multinationals like Boeing.