US PRE MARKET
The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 2,653.88 with a loss of -0.66% percent or -17.62 point. Other U.S. stock futures lower in pre-market trading for January 22.The Dow Futures is trading at 24,538.50 with a loss of -0.60% percent or -148.50 point.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 6,733.38 with a loss of -0.87% percent or -59.37 point.
TUESDAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS
For the day the Dow is trading at 24,706.35 up with +2.06% percent or +499.19 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,670.71 up with +1.32% percent or +34.75 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 7,157.23 up with +1.03% percent or +72.76 point.
Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,482.50 up with +1.04% percent or +15.25 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 924.28 up with +1.00% percent or +9.15 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 1,817.25 up with +1.40% percent or +25.05 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,181.55 up with +1.17% percent or +13.69 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 1,575.36 up with +1.29% percent or + 20.02 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,478.25 up with +1.31% percent or +19.06 point
In overnight trading in the Eastern Hemisphere, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 20,622.91 with a loss of -0.47% percent or -96.42 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 26,933.55 with a loss of -0.97% percent or -262.99 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 2,579.70 with a loss of -1.18% percent or -30.81 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 36,342.71 with a loss of -0.65% percent or -236.25 point at 12:15 PM.The FTSE 100 is trading at 6,931.53 with a loss of -0.56% percent or -39.06 point. Germany’s DAX is trading at 11,091.74 with a loss of -0.40% percent or -44.46 point. France’s CAC 40 is trading at 4,843.01 with a loss of -0.51% percent or -24.76 point. The Stoxx Europe 600 is trading at 355.31 with a loss of -0.27% percent or -0.99 point.
If those implied declines come to fruition, that would be a change of pace for American markets: The Dow notched its first 4-week winning streak since August last Friday. U.S. stocks did not trade on Monday because of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
Over in Asia, stocks struggled for gains on Tuesday amid concerns about the global economic outlook after the International Monetary Fund (IMF) slashed its global growth forecast on Monday, warning that the economic momentum observed in recent years is decelerating.
MONDAY’S ACTIVITY