US PRE MARKET

The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 2,819.62  up with +0.45% percent or +12.62 point.   Other U.S. stock futures higher in pre-market trading for  March 26. The Dow Futures is trading at 25,708.00 up with +0.51% percent or +131.00 point. The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 7,385.62  up with +0.41%  percent or +30.37 point.

TUESDAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

the yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note, which moves inversely to price, was higher at around 2.4283 percent, while the yield on the 30-year Treasury bond was also higher at 2.8863 percent.

On the data front, housing starts and building permits for February will both be released at around 8:30 a.m. ET. Consumer confidence figures for March as well as the latest Richmond Fed surveys and Dallas Fed services data will follow later in the session.

MONDAY’S ACTIVITY

For the day the Dow is trading at 25,516.83  up with +0.057% percent or +14.51 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,798.36 with a loss of -0.084% percent or -2.35 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 7,637.54 with a loss of -0.067% percent or -5.13 point.

Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,512.86  up with +0.46% percent or +6.94 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 922.32 up with +0.46% percent or +4.23 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 1,858.22  up with +0.17%percent or +3.23 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,237.23 with a loss of -0.15% percent or -1.86 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 1,648.15  with a loss of -0.055% percent or -0.90 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,549.50  with a loss of -0.094% percent or -1.46 point.

In overnight trading in the Eastern Hemisphere, In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 21,428.39 up with +2.15% percent or +451.28 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 28,482.85 with a loss of -0.14% percent or -40.50  point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 2,997.10 with a loss of -1.51% percent or -45.94 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 37,854.39  up with +0.12% percent or +48.58 point at 12:15 PM.The FTSE 100 is trading at 7,198.20 up with +0.29% percent or +20.62 point. Germany’s DAX is trading at 11,360.63  up with +0.12% percent or  +13.98 point. France’s CAC 40 is trading at 5,292.12 up with +0.60% percent or +31.48 point. The Stoxx Europe 600 is trading at 375.96 up with +0.44% percent or +1.63  point.