US PRE MARKET
The S&P 500 Futures are trading at 2,640.75 with a loss of -0.54% percent or -14.25 point. Other U.S. stock futures are lower in pre-market trading for Wednesday, April 11. The Dow Futures are trading at 24,262.00 with a loss of -0.37% percent or -89.00 point. The Nasdaq Futures are trading at 6,593.00 with a loss of -0.45% percent or -30.00 point.
WEDNESDAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS
TUESDAU’S ACTIVITY
U.S. market were higher on Tuesday. For the day the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 24,408.00 for up with +1.79% percent or +428.90 point. The S&P 500 closed at 2,656.87 for up with +1.67% percent or +43.71 point. The Nasdaq Composite closed at 7,094.30 for up with +2.07% percent or +143.96 point.
Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,543.43 for up with +1.91% percent or +28.97 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 949.63 for up with +1.91% percent or+17.80 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 1,884.57 for up with +1.62% percent or +30.04 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,168.14 for up with +1.75% percent or +20.11 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 1,574.67 for up with +1.69% percent or + 26.16 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,472.98 for up with +1.67% percent or +24.21 point; and the Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend Index closed at 24,408.00 for up with +1.79% percent or +428.90 point.
WORLD MARKETS
In overnight trading in the Eastern Hemisphere, Japan’s Nikkei 225 are trading at 21,687.10 with a loss of -0.49% percent or -107.22 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng are trading at 3,208.08 for up with +0.56% percent or +17.76 point. China’s Shanghai Composite are trading at 3,208.08 for up with +0.56% percent or +17.76 point. India’s BSE Sensex are trading at 33,915.47 for up with +0.10% percent or +35.22 point at 12:15 PM.The FTSE 100 are trading at 7,247.66 with a loss of -0.26% percent or -19.14 point. Germany’s DAX are trading at 12,360.27 with a loss of -0.30% percent or -37.05 point. France’s CAC 40 are trading at 5,291.43 with a loss of -0.30% percent or -16.13 point. The Stoxx Europe 600 are trading at 377.29 with a loss of -0.28% percent or -1.06 point.
U.S. government debt prices moved around the flatline on Wednesday.
The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note was slightly lower at around 2.788 percent at 6:30 a.m. ET, while the yield on the 30-year Treasury bond was slightly lower at 3.010 percent. Bond yields move inversely to prices.
For bond investors, it’s all about the latest minutes from the U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday. At 2 p.m. ET, the Federal Open Market Committee will publish its minutes from their March meeting, when the U.S. central bank raised interest rates and increased its GDP forecast.