S&P Futures Opening Update as on 23 March 2018

US PRE MARKET

The S&P 500 Futures are trading at 2,628.25  with a loss of -0.57% percent or -15.00 point. Other U.S. stock futures are lower in pre-market trading for Friday, March 23. The Dow Futures are trading at 23,786.00  with a loss of –0.74% percent or -177.00 point. The Nasdaq Futures are trading at 6,626.00  with a loss of -0.99%  percent or -66.00 point.

FRIDAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,543.87  with a loss of -2.24%percent or -35.43 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 943.41  with a loss of -2.15% percent or -20.74 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 1,875.86 with a loss of -2.54% percent or  -48.83 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,157.91   with a loss of -2.66% percent or -31.62 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 1,568.72 with a loss of -2.48% percent or  -39.85 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,466.92 with a loss of -2.50% percent or -37.56 point; and the Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend Index closed at 23,957.89  with a loss of -2.93% percent or -724.42 point.

WORLD MARKETS

In overnight trading in the Eastern Hemisphere, Japan’s Nikkei 225 are trading at 20,617.86   with a loss of -4.51% percent or – 974.13 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng are trading at 30,122.27  with a loss of -3.05% percent or  -948.78 point. China’s Shanghai Composite are trading at 3,152.76  with a loss of  -3.39% percent or  -110.72 point. India’s BSE Sensex are trading at 32,575.70  with a loss of -1.30% percent or -430.57 point at 12:15 PM.The FTSE 100 are trading at 6,878.15  with a loss of -1.07% percent or  -74.44 point. Germany’s DAX are trading at 11,877.06  with a loss of -1.84% percent or -223.02 point. France’s CAC 40 are trading at 5,068.88 with a loss of  -1.90% percent or -98.32 point. The Stoxx Europe 600 are trading at 363.76  with a loss of -1.46% percent or -5.43  point.