US PRE MARKET
The S&P 500 Futures are trading at 2,643.25 with a loss of -0.70% percent or -18.50 point. Other U.S. stock futures are lower in pre-market trading for Friday, April 06. The Dow Futures are trading at 24,280.00 with a loss of -0.77% percent or -188.00 point. The Nasdaq Futures are trading at 6,547.50 with a loss of -0.80% percent or -52.75 point.
FRIDAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS
THURSDAY’S ACTIVITY
U.S. market were higher on Thursday. For the day the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 24,505.22 for up with +0.99% percent or +240.92 point. The S&P 500 closed at 2,662.84 for up with +0.69% percent or +18.15 point. The Nasdaq Composite closed at 7,076.55 for up with +0.49% percent or +34.44 point.
Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,542.93 for up with +0.74% percent or +11.26 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 951.47 for up with +1.00% percent or+9.41 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 1,891.32 for up with +0.77% percent or +14.54 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,169.17 for up with +0.81% percent or +9.41 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 1,578.02 for up with +0.70% percent or + 10.93 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,476.42 for up with +0.69% percent or +10.18 point; and the Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend Index closed at 24,505.22 for up with +0.99% percent or +240.92 point.
WORLD MARKETS
In overnight trading in the Eastern Hemisphere, Japan’s Nikkei 225 are trading at 21,567.52 with a loss of -0.36% percent or -77.90 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng are trading at 29,837.84 for up with +1.08% percent or +319.15 point. China’s Shanghai Composite are trading at 3,131.11 with a loss of -0.18% percent or -5.52 point. India’s BSE Sensex are trading at 33,599.66 for up with +0.01% percent or +2.86 point at 12:15 PM.The FTSE 100 are trading at 7,189.77 with a loss of -0.14% percent or -9.73 point. Germany’s DAX are trading at 12,236.01 with a loss of -0.56% percent or -69.18 point. France’s CAC 40 are trading at 5,250.52 with a loss of -0.50% percent or -26.14 point. The Stoxx Europe 600 are trading at 374.30 with a loss of -0.49% percent or -1.85 point.
The dollar fell against the yen on Friday after U.S. President Donald Trump said he had instructed U.S. trade officials to consider $100 billion in additional tariffs on China.
The simmering U.S.-China trade spat has stirred concerns about its impact on global trade and economic growth, and financial markets remain sensitive to any fresh developments on this front.
Trump said in a statement on Thursday that further tariffs were being considered “in light of China’s unfair retaliation” against earlier U.S. trade actions that have roiled global markets.