US PRE MARKET
The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 2,856.25 up with +0.22% percent or +6.25 point. Other U.S. stock futures higher in pre-market trading for Tuesday, August 07.The Dow Futures is trading at 25,553.00 up with +0.33% percent or +85.00 point.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 7,462.75 up with +0.25% percent or +18.75 point.
TUESDAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS
For the day the Dow is trading at 25,502.18 up with +0.16% percent or +39.60 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,850.40 up with +0.35% percent or +10.05 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 7,859.68 up with +0.61% percent or +47.66 point.
Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,684.31 up with +0.65% percent or +10.94 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 1,061.52 up with 0.75% percent or +7.91 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 2,009.50 up with +0.47% percent or +9.46 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,262.57 up with +0.43% percent or +5.38 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 1,691.85 up with +0.41% percent or +6.83 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,580.44 up with +0.38% percent or +6.06 point;
WORLD MARKETS
In overnight trading in the Eastern Hemisphere, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 22,662.74 up with +0.69% percent or +155.42 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 28,227.13 up with +1.47% percent or +407.57 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 2,779.37 up with +2.74% percent or +74.22 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 37,713.15 up with +0.056% percent or +21.26 point at 12:15 PM.The FTSE 100 is trading at 7,733.52 up with +0.91% percent or +69.74 point. Germany’s DAX is trading at 12,715.38 up with +0.93% percent or +117.17 point. France’s CAC 40 is trading at 5,522.40 up with +0.83% percent or +45.23 point. The Stoxx Europe 600 is trading at 391.10 up with +0.63% percent or +2.44 point.
Markets around the globe picked up Tuesday, as concerns surrounding trade tensions took a backseat and investors turned their attention earnings and data.
The Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) is scheduled to be released at 10 a.m. ET, followed by consumer credit at 3 p.m. ET.
The economic data arrives just days after July’s jobs report came in below market forecasts, with total nonfarm payrolls rising by 157,000, below the 190,000 predicted by economists polled by Reuters. Fresh inflation data are due out on Thursday and Friday.
MONDAY’S ACTIVITY