S&P Futures Opening Update as on 22 february 2019

  

US PRE MARKET

The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 2,785.62  up with +0.41% percent or +11.37 point.Other U.S. stock futures higher in pre-market trading for  February 22. The Dow Futures is trading at 25,950.50 up with +0.45% percent or +117.50 point. The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 7,072.00 up with +0.53% percent or +37.50 point.

FRIDAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

U.S. stock futures were higher on the final trading day of the week, as market participants closely monitor trade talks between the world’s two largest economies.

At around 5:50 a.m. ET, Dow futures indicated a positive open of more than 100 points. S&P 500 and Nasdaq futures were also seen relatively upbeat.

On Thursday, stocks fell as traders reacted to weak economic data, fueling fears of a potential slowdown in the world’s largest economy.

THURSDAY’S ACTIVITY

For the day the Dow is trading at 25,954.44 up with +0.24% percent or +63.12 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,784.70 up with  +0.18% percent or +4.94 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 7,489.07 up with +0.031% percent or +2.30 point.

Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,575.55 with a loss of -0.39% percent or -6.11 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 982.95  with a loss of -0.50% percent or -4.92  point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 1,918.36  with a loss of -0.35% percent or -6.76 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,217.44  with a loss of -0.35% percent or -4.30 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 1,643.23  with a loss of -0.36% percent or -5.88 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,539.67 with a loss of -0.35% percent or -5.47 point.

In overnight trading in the Eastern Hemisphere,  Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 21,464.23 up with +0.15% percent or +32.74 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 28,578.20  up with +0.22% percent or +64.15 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 2,748.62   with a loss of -0.46% percent or -12.60 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 35,851.25 up with +0.27% percent or +94.99 point at 12:15 PM.The FTSE 100 is trading at 7,195.03 up with +0.39% percent or +27.64 point. Germany’s DAX is trading at 11,488.70  up with +0.57% percent or +65.42 point. France’s CAC 40 is trading at 5,213.93  up with  +0.34% percent or +17.82 point. The Stoxx Europe 600 is trading at 371.35  up with +0.25% percent or +0.86 point.