US PRE MARKET
The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 2,472.88 with a loss of -1.52% percent or -38.88 point.Other U.S. stock futures lower in pre-market trading for January 03.The Dow Futures is trading at 22,990.00 with a loss of -1.44% percent or -335.00 point.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 6,208.00 with a loss of -2.56% percent or -163.00 point.
THURSDAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS
For the day the Dow is trading at 23,346.24 up with +0.081% percent or +18.78 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,510.03 up with +0.13% percent or +3.18 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 6,665.94 up with +0.46% percent or +30.66 point.
Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,355.91 up with +0.54% percent or +7.35 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 848.33 up with +0.40%percent or +3.39 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 1,657.93 with a loss of -0.31% percent or -5.11 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,118.14 up with +0.38% percent or +4.27 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 1,473.66 up with +0.10% percent or +1.53 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,385.23 up with +0.070% percent or +0.97 point;
In overnight trading in the Eastern Hemisphere, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 20,014.77 with a loss of -0.31% percent or -62.85 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 25,066.09 with a loss of -0.26% percent or -64.26 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 2,464.36 with a loss of -0.038% percent or -0.93 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 35,686.24 with a loss of -0.58% percent or -207.41 point at 12:15 PM.The FTSE 100 is trading at 6,707.95 with a loss of -0.39% percent or -26.28 point. Germany’s DAX is trading at 10,455.26 with a loss of -1.18% percent or -121.78 point. France’s CAC 40 is trading at 4,637.51 with a loss of -4,637.51 percent or -52.57 point. The Stoxx Europe 600 is trading at 334.83 with a loss of -0.78% percent or -2.66 point.
Apple said it sees first-quarter revenue of $84 billion vs. a previous guidance of a range of $89 billion and $93 billion. Analysts expected revenue of $91.3 billion for the period, according to the consensus estimate from FactSet. Apple blamed most of the revenue shortfall for struggling business in China. But the company also said that upgrades by customers in other countries were “not as strong as we thought they would be.”
WEDNESDAY’S ACTIVITY