US PRE MARKET
The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 2,628.25 with a loss of -0.29% percent or -7.75 point. Other U.S. stock futures lower in pre-market trading for December 10.The Dow Futures is trading at 24,364.00 with a loss of -0.28% percent or -68.00 point. The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 6,605.25 with a loss of -0.28% percent or -0.28% point.
MONDAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS
For the day the Dow is trading at 24,388.95 with a loss of -2.24% percent or -558.72 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,633.08 with a loss of – 2.33% percent or -62.87 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 6,969.25 with a loss of -3.05% percent or -219.01 point.
Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,448.09 with a loss of -1.98% percent or −29.32 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 905.26 with a loss of -1.86% percent or -17.17 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 1,780.94 with a loss of – 2.01% percent or -36.54 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,167.57 with a loss of -2.39% percent or -28.63 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 1,550.49 with a loss of -2.31% percent or -36.69 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,455.80 with a loss of -2.34% percent or -34.83 point;
In overnight trading in the Eastern Hemisphere,Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 21,219.50 with a loss of -2.12% percent or -459.18 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 25,765.86 with a loss of -1.14% percent or -297.90 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 2,584.58 with a loss of -0.82% percent or -21.31 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 35,127.80 with a loss of -1.53% percent or ?546.42 point at 12:15 PM.The FTSE 100 is trading at 6,758.06 with a loss of -0.30% percent or -20.05 point. Germany’s DAX is trading at 10,731.31 with a loss of -0.53% percent or -56.78 point. France’s CAC 40 is trading at 4,792.51 with a loss of -0.43% percent or -20.61 point. The Stoxx Europe 600 is trading at 342.93 with a loss of -0.72% percent or -2.53 point.
Investors are increasingly concerned about a possible economic slowdown, shortly after the U.S., China and Japan all reported weaker-than-expected economic data. It comes after Wall Street’s main indexes closed more than 2 percent lower on Friday, registering their largest weekly percentage declines since March.
On the data front, investors are likely to closely monitor the release of October’s Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) at around 10 a.m. ET.
FRIDAY’S ACTIVITY