US PRE MARKET
The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 2,787.12 with a loss of -0.16% percent or -4.38 point. Other U.S. stock futures lower in pre-market trading for March 06. The Dow Futures is trading at 25,777.50 with a loss of -0.19% percent or -49.50 point. The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 7,158.75 with a loss of -0.09% percent or -6.75 point.
WEDNESDAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS
Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,568.28 with a loss of -0.45% percent or -7.15 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 964.83 with a loss of -0.44% percent or -4.29 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 1,907.77 with a loss of -0.43% percent or -8.16 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,229.75 up with +0.026% percent or +0.32 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 1,650.26 with a loss of -0.15% percent or -2.50 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,547.33 with a loss of -0.13% percent or -1.98 point.
In overnight trading in the Eastern Hemisphere, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 21,596.81 with a loss of -0.60% percent or -129.47 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 29,020.27 up with +0.20% percent or +58.67 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 3,101.15 up with +1.54% percent or +46.90 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 36,625.60 up with +0.50% percent or +183.06 point at 12:15 PM.The FTSE 100 is trading at 7,194.03 up with +0.15% percent or +10.60 point. Germany’s DAX is trading at 11,596.10 with a loss of -0.21% percent or -24.64 point. France’s CAC 40 is trading at 5,288.31 with a loss of -0.17%percent or -9.20 point. The Stoxx Europe 600 is trading at 375.44 with a loss of -0.05% percent or -0.29 point.
On the corporate calendar, Luxottica Group, Brown-Forman, Dollar Tree and Abercrombie & Fitch are set to report before the bell.
Furthermore, New York Fed President John Williams and Cleveland Fed President Loretta Mester are set to speak later on Wednesday.
This remains the biggest topic that stock investors are watching for. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Monday he thought Washington and Beijing were “on the cusp” of reaching a deal. Despite positive comments from different members of the U.S. administration, market players are yet to find out how far-reaching any deal could be.
TUESDAY’S ACTIVITY
For the day the Dow is trading at 25,806.63 with a loss of -0.050% percent or -13.02 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,789.65 with a loss of -0.11% percent or -3.16 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 7,576.36 with a loss of -0.016% percent or -1.21 point.