US PRE MARKET

The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 2,892.00  with a loss of -0.22% percent or -6.25 point.  Other U.S. stock futures  lower in pre-market trading for  September 05. The Dow Futures is trading at 25,906.00 with a loss of  -0.30% percent or  -79.00 point. The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 7,618.75   with a loss of  -0.26% percent or -20.00 point.

WEDNESDAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

A number of U.S. Federal Reserve officials are due to speak at respective events. In New York, St. Louis Fed President James Bullard will be at the Euromoney conferences’ Real Return XII event, while Atlanta Fed President Raphael Bostic is set to participate in a fireside chat at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs in Chicago.

Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari will be present at a town hall forum in Bozeman, Montana. Finally, New York Fed President John Williams is due to participate in a tour of Buffalo with members of the Partnership for the Public Good and a visit of HarborCenter.

TUESDAY’S ACTIVITY

For the day the Dow is trading at 25,952.48  with a loss of -0.048% percent or -12.34 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,896.72   with a loss of -0.17% percent or -4.80 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 8,091.25  with a loss of -0.23% percent or -18.29 point.

Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,733.38 with a loss of -0.42% percent or -7.38 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 1,093.58 with a loss of  -0.44% percent or -4.78 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 2,040.46 with a loss of  -0.21% percent or -4.24 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,284.03   with a loss of  -0.22% percent or -2.87 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 1,723.24  with a loss of  -0.17% percent or -2.86 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,608.38   with a loss of -0.14% percent or -2.32  point;

WORLD MARKETS

In overnight trading in the Eastern Hemisphere,Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 22,580.83 with a loss of -0.51% percent or -116.07 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 27,267.80  with a loss of  -2.52% percent or  -705.54 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 2,704.34 with a loss of  -1.68% percent or -46.24  point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 37,870.01  with a loss of -0.75% percent or  -287.91 point at 12:15 PM.The FTSE 100 is trading at 7,424.58 with a loss of -0.45% percent or -33.28 point. Germany’s DAX is trading at 12,151.48  with a loss of -0.48% percent or -58.73  point. France’s CAC 40 is trading at 5,299.31  with a loss of -0.81% percent or -43.38 point. The Stoxx Europe 600 is trading at 377.62  with a loss of -0.58% percent or -2.21 point.