US PRE MARKET
The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 2,908.75 up with +0.03% percent or +1.00 point. Other U.S. stock futures Mixed in pre-market trading for October 05. The Dow Futures is trading at 26,675.00 up with +0.09% percent or +23.00 point.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 7,510.25 with a loss of -0.05% percent or -4.00 point.
FRIDAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS
For the day the Dow is trading at 26,627.48 with a loss of -0.75% percent or -200.91 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,901.61 with a loss of -0.82% percent or -23.90 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 7,879.51 with a loss of -1.81% percent or -145.57 point.
Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,646.91 with a loss of -1.46% percent or −24.38 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 1,031.79 with a loss of- 1.24% percent or -12.96 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 1,982.09 with a loss of -1.10% percent or -21.97 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,291.53 with a loss of -0.87% percent or −11.27 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 1,713.39 with a loss of -0.92% or -15.94 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,605.135 with a loss of -0.88% percent or -14.22 point;
WORLD MARKETS
In overnight trading in the Eastern Hemisphere, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 23,783.72 with a loss of -0.80% percent or -191.90 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 26,587.88 with a loss of -0.14% percent or -35.99 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 2,821.35 up with +1.06% percent or +29.58 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 34,779.95 with a loss of – 1.11%percent or -389.21 point at 12:15 PM.The FTSE 100 is trading at 7,369.88 with a loss of -0.65% percent or -48.46 point. Germany’s DAX is trading at 12,175.58 with a loss of – 0.56% percent or -68.56 point. France’s CAC 40 is trading at 5,391.52 with a loss of -0.36% percent or -19.32 point. The Stoxx Europe 600 is trading at 378.02 with a loss of -0.44% percent or -1.67 point.
U.S. government debt prices fell into the red on Friday.
Comments from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell also pushed yields higher. On Wednesday, Powell said that the Fed had a long way to go before interest rates would hit neutral, suggesting to markets that more hikes could be coming.
THURSDAY’S ACTIVITY