US PRE MARKET

The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 2,784.25 with a loss of -0.09% percent or -0.12% point. Other U.S. stock futures  lower in pre-market trading for Tuesday, Jun 12  The Dow Futures is trading at 25,311.00 with a loss of -0.15% percent or -37.00 point.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 7,187.00 with a loss of -0.13% percent or -9.00 point.

TUESDAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

U.S. government debt prices hovered around the flatline on Tuesday, as a summit in Singapore draws to a close and another meeting by the U.S. central bank kicks into action.

The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note was slightly higher at around 2.960 percent at 5:20 a.m. ET, while the yield on the 30-year Treasury bond was also slightly up at 3.100 percent. Bond yields move inversely to prices.

Investors digested the latest news out of a historic meeting between the leaders of North Korea and the U.S. in Singapore.

Following weeks of anticipation, President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un met in the city-state of Singapore, which saw Kim sign an accord that “reaffirmed his firm and unwavering commitment to complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.”

MONDAY’S ACTIVITY

For the day the Dow is trading at 25,322.31  up with +0.023% percent or +5.78 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,782.00 up with  +0.31% percent or  +0.11% point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 7,659.93 up with +0.19% percent or  +14.41 point.

Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,674.68 up with +0.13% percent or+2.19 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 1,041.08 up with +0.28% percent or +2.47 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 2,000.90  up with +0.011% percent or +0.23 9point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,222.43 up with +0.052% percent or +0.64 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 1,656.43 up with  +0.10% percent or +1.68 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,545.41 up with +0.099% percent or +1.53 point;

WORLD MARKETS

In overnight trading in the Eastern Hemisphere, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 22,878.35 up with +0.33% percent or +74.31 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 31,155.85 up with +0.30% percent or +92.15 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 3,079.80 up with +0.89% percent or +27.02 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 35,677.17  up with +0.55% percent or  +193.70 point at 12:15 PM.The FTSE 100 is trading at 7,718.67 with a loss of –0.24% percent or –18.76 point. Germany’s DAX is trading at 12,848.68 up with +0.040% percent or +5.16  point. France’s CAC 40 is trading at 5,464.53 with a loss of –0.17% percent or –9.38 point. The Stoxx Europe 600 is trading at 388.31 up with +0.10% percent or +0.32 point.