US PRE MARKET
The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 2,885.00 up with +0.36% percent or +10.25 point. Other U.S. stock futures higher in pre-market trading for September 10. The Dow Futures is trading at 26,041.00 with +0.32% percent or +82.00 point.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 7,477.50 up with +0.52% percent or +39.00 point.
MONDAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS
For the day the Dow is trading at 25,916.54 with a loss of -0.31% percent or -79.33 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,871.68 with a loss of -0.22% percent or -6.37 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 7,902.54 with a loss of -0.25% percent or -20.18 point.
Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,713.18 with a loss of -0.075% percent or -1.29 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 1,081.15 with a loss of -0.27% percent or -2.90 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 2,027.25 with a loss of -0.21% percent or -4.29 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,271.27 with a loss of -0.21% percent or -2.71 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 1,706.99 with a loss of -0.22% percent or -3.70 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,593.51 with a loss of -0.23% percent or -3.64 point;
WORLD MARKETS
In overnight trading in the Eastern Hemisphere, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 22,373.09 up with +0.30% percent or +66.03 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 26,532.81 with a loss of -1.63% percent or -440.66 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 2,669.48 with a loss of -1.21% percent or -32.82 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 38,017.91 with a loss of -0.97% percent or -371.91 point at 12:15 PM.The FTSE 100 is trading at 7,298.32 up with +0.28% percent or +20.62 point. Germany’s DAX is trading at 11,996.48 up with +0.31% percent or +36.85 point. France’s CAC 40 is trading at 5,275.20 up with +0.44% percent or +22.99 point. The Stoxx Europe 600 is trading at 375.26 up with +0.40% percent or +1.49 point.
Last week’s trade news continues to influence market sentiment. President Donald Trump said Friday that he was “ready to go” on hitting China with an additional $267 billion worth of tariffs. The U.S. administration is already looking into finalizing plans that would inflict tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods, after a public comment period expired recently.
Investors will also watch Washington’s relationship with other major economies. Canada and the U.S. have yet to secure a deal that would replace the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). And on Friday, Trump told journalists that the U.S. had begun talks with Japan over trade
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