US PRE MARKET
The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 2,917.50 up with +0.09% percent or +2.50 point. Other U.S. stock futures higher in pre-market trading for September 20. The Dow Futures is trading at 26,506.00 up with +0.17% percent or +44.00 point.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 7,535.00 up with +0.11% percent or +8.50 point.
THURSDAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS
For the day the Dow is trading at 26,405.76 up with +0.61% percent or +158.80 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,907.95 up with +0.13% percent or +3.64 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 7,950.04 with a loss of -0.076% percent or -6.07 point.
Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,702.93 with a loss of -0.47% percent or -8.04 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 1,070.30 with a loss of -0.71% percent or -7.70 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 2,030.26 with a loss of -0.32% percent or -6.47 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,288.15 up with +0.25% percent or +3.24 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 1,724.38 up with +0.024% percent or +0.41 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,611.88 up with +0.064% percent or +1.04 point;
WORLD MARKETS
In overnight trading in the Eastern Hemisphere, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 23,674.93 up with +0.010% percent or +2.41 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 27,400.85 with a loss of -0.024% percent or -6.52 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 2,728.33 with a loss of -0.092% percent or -2.53 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 37,121.22 with a loss of -0.45% percent or -169.45 point at 12:15 PM.The FTSE 100 is trading at 7,345.09 up with +0.19% percent or +13.97 point. Germany’s DAX is trading at 12,279.10 up with +0.49% percent or +60.08 point. France’s CAC 40 is trading at 5,432.76 up with +0.72% percent or +39.03 point. The Stoxx Europe 600 is trading at 381.86 up with +0.49% percent or +1.85 point.
Economic data due Thursday includes jobless claims and the Philadelphia Fed’s Manufacturing Business Outlook Survey at 8:30 a.m. ET, followed by existing home sales and leading indicators at 10 a.m. ET.
The U.S. Treasury is set to auction $11 billion in nine-year and 10-month treasury inflation-protected securities (TIPS).
The size of two individual bills, three separate notes and one floating rate note, all of which will be auctioned next week, will also be announced.
WEDNESDAY’S ACTIVITY