US PRE MARKET
The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 2,717.75 up with +0.45% percent or +12.25 point. Other U.S. stock futures higher in pre-market trading for friday, June 01. The Dow Futures is trading at 24,538.00 up with +0.50% percent or 121.00 point.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 6,999.75 up with +0.33% percent or +23.00 point.
FRIDAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS
For the day the Dow is trading at 24,415.84 with a loss of -1.02% percent or -251.94 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,705.27 with a loss of -0.69% percent or -18.74 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 7,442.12 with a loss of -0.27% percent or -20.34 point.
Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,633.61 with a loss of -0.87% percent or -14.38 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 1,007.54 with a loss of -1.07% percent or -10.92 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 1,946.43 with a loss of -1.09% percent or -21.53 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,188.91 with a loss of -0.50% percent or -5.99 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 1,610.67 with a loss of -0.71% percent or -11.47 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,502.31 with a loss of -0.69% percent or – 10.48 point;
WORLD MARKETS
In overnight trading in the Eastern Hemisphere,Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 22,171.35 with a loss of -0.14% percent or -30.47 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 30,498.30 up with +0.098% percent or +29.74 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 3,075.14 with a loss of -0.66% percent or -20.34 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 35,321.49 with a loss of – 0.0025% percent or -0.89 point at 12:15 PM.The FTSE 100 is trading at 7,731.37 up with +0.69% percent or +53.09 point. Germany’s DAX is trading at 12,721.39 up with +0.92% percent or +116.50 point. France’s CAC 40 is trading at 5,465.00 up with +1.23% percent or +66.10 point. The Stoxx Europe 600 is trading at 386.89 up with +1.00% percent or +3.83 point.
On Friday, investors await the release of May nonfarm payrolls as markets consider how many times the Federal Reserve will raise rates this year. There will also be a manufacturing PMI due out at 9:45 a.m. ET and construction spending data at 10:00 a.m. ET.
On Thursday, President Donald Trump slapped tariffs on the European Union, Mexico and Canada. The EU followed up the U.S. announcement by saying it would impose countermeasures of its own, while Canada Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland said the country plans to slap dollar-for-dollar tariffs on the U.S.
THURSDAY’S ACTIVITY