US PRE MARKET
The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 2,874.75 with a loss of -0.15% percent or -4.25 point. Other U.S. stock futures lower in pre-market trading for September 07. The Dow Futures is trading at 25,981.00 with a loss of -0.17% percent or -44.00 point.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 7,443.75 with a loss of -0.18% percent or -11.75 point.
THURSDAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS
For the day the Dow is trading at 25,995.87 up with +0.080% percent or +20.88 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,878.05 with a loss of -0.37% percent or -10.55 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 7,922.73 with a loss of -0.91% percent or -72.45 point.
Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,714.47 with a loss of -0.76% percent or -13.18 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 1,084.05 with a loss of -0.71% percent or -7.71 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 2,031.54 with a loss of -0.34% percent or -7.01 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,273.98 with a loss of -0.43% percent or -5.45 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 1,710.69 with a loss of -0.40% percent or -6.86 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,597.15 with a loss of -0.37% percent or -5.92 point;
WORLD MARKETS
In overnight trading in the Eastern Hemisphere, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 22,307.06 with a loss of -0.80% percent or -180.88 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 26,982.63 up with +0.029% percent or +7.81 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 2,702.30 up with +0.40% percent or +10.71 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 38,260.32 up with +0.046% percent or +17.51 point at 12:15 PM.The FTSE 100 is trading at 7,251.89 with a loss of -0.92% percent or -67.07 point. Germany’s DAX is trading at 11,935.24 with a loss of -0.17% percent or -20.01 point. France’s CAC 40 is trading at 5,239.14 with a loss of -0.089% percent or -4.69 point. The Stoxx Europe 600 is trading at 372.95 with a loss of -0.15% percent or -0.57 point.
Global markets still remain on edge over the future of trade ties between the likes of the U.S. and economies such as Canada and China; however for investors in the States, important economic data is also due. At 8:30 a.m. ET, all eyes will be on the latest batch of nonfarm payrolls data, which aims to shed some light on how the U.S. economy and its labor market has been performing during the last month.
THURSDAY’S ACTIVITY