US PRE MARKET
The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 2,741.50 with a loss of -0.65% percent or -18.00 point. Other U.S. stock futures lower in pre-market trading for Monday, June 25. The Dow Futures is trading at 24,408.00 with a loss of -0.78% percent or -191.00 point. The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 7,149.25 with a loss of -1.02% percent or -73.50 point.
MONDAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS
U.S. market were higher on Friday.For the day the Dow is trading at 24,580.89 up with +0.49% percent or +119.19 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,754.88 up with +0.19% percent or +5.12 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 7,692.82 with a loss of -0.26% percent or -20.14 point.
Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,685.58 with a loss of -0.20% percent or -3.37 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 1,042.57 up with +0.015% percent or +0.16 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 1,989.61 up with +0.11% percent or +2.27 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,209.70 up with +0.22% percent or +2.62 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 1,643.39 up with +0.15% percent or +2.46 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,531.34 up with +0.18% percent or +2.76 point;
WORLD MARKETS
In overnight trading in the Eastern Hemisphere, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 22,338.15 with a loss of -0.79% percent or -178.68 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 28,930.77 with a loss of -1.39% percent or 407.93 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 2,859.34 with a loss of -1.05% percent or -30.42 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 35,592.31 with a loss of -0.27% percent or -97.29 point at 12:15 PM.The FTSE 100 is trading at 7,582.37 with a loss of -1.30% percent or -99.90 point. Germany’s DAX is trading at 12,401.92 with a loss of – 1.41% percent or -177.80 point. France’s CAC 40 is trading at 5,342.21 with a loss of -0.84% percent or -45.17 point. The Stoxx Europe 600 is trading at 380.96 with a loss of -1.05% percent or -4.02 point.
As another trading week kicks off, market-watchers are likely to be digesting any new information surrounding global trade tensions, amid fresh economic data.
Last week, President Donald Trump took to Twitter to threaten another setof tariffs, this time on the European Union.
On Friday, the U.S. incumbent warned of a 20 percent tariff on all car imports from the EU, stating that if the bloc refused to remove duties on U.S. cars, then Washington would have no choice but to act on these levies. Consequently, European markets were under pressure Monday.
FRIDAY’S ACTIVITY