US PRE MARKET
The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 2,927.50 up with +0.21% percent or +6.25 point. Other U.S. stock futures higher in pre-market trading for September 26. The Dow Futures is trading at 26,572.00 up with +0.20% percent or +52.00 point.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 7,614.00 up with +0.25% percent or +18.75 point.
WEDNESDAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS
For the day the Dow is trading at 26,492.21 with a loss of -0.26% percent or -69.84 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,915.56 with a loss of -0.13% percent or -3.81 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 8,007.47 up with +0.18% percent or +14.22 point.
Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,708.80 up with +0.20% percent or +3.49 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 1,067.66 up with +0.088% percent or +0.94 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 2,030.62 with a loss of -0.076% percent or −1.55 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,293.91 with a loss of -0.062% percent or -0.80 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 1,728.85 with a loss of -0.075% percent or -1.30 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,615.94 with a loss of -0.098% percent or -1.58 point;
WORLD MARKETS
In overnight trading in the Eastern Hemisphere, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 24,033.79 up with +0.39% percent or +93.53 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 27,840.95 up with +1.24% percent or +341.56 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 2,806.81 up with +0.92% percent or +25.67 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 36,542.61 with a loss of -0.30% percent or -109.45 point at 12:15 PM.The FTSE 100 is trading at 7,510.00 up with +0.032% percent or +2.44 point. Germany’s DAX is trading at 12,349.78 with a loss of – 0.20% percent or -24.88 point. France’s CAC 40 is trading at 5,494.66 up with +0.28% percent or +15.56 point. The Stoxx Europe 600 is trading at 383.98 up with +0.02% percent or +0.09 point.
The Federal Open Market Committee will begin the second and final day of its September monetary policy gathering Wednesday, with analysts expecting the Fed to announce a quarter-point rate hikewhen it concludes its meeting at 2 p.m. ET.
The event will be watched closely to see if the Federal Reserve provides any signals as to where monetary policy will be heading over the coming months.
In data, mortgage applications are due out at 7 a.m. ET, followed by new home sales at 10 a.m. ET.
TUESDAY’S ACTIVITY