US PRE MARKET
The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 2,809.62 with a loss of -0.03% percent or -0.88 point. Other U.S. stock futures lower in pre-market trading for March 28.The Dow Futures is trading at 25,657.50 with a loss of -0.01% percent or -2.50 point.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 7,333.88 with a loss of -0.01% percent or -0.62 point.
THURSDAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS
Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,522.23 with a loss of -0.39% percent or -5.93 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 930.12 with a loss of -0.063% percent or -0.59 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 1,874.76 with a loss of -0.094% percent or -1.77 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,240.05 with a loss of -0.50% percent or -6.17 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 1,652.96 with a loss of -0.46% percent or -7.64 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,553.64 with a loss of -0.47% or -7.27 point.
In overnight trading in the Eastern Hemisphere, In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 21,033.76 with a loss of -1.61% percent or -344.97 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 28,793.96 up with +0.23% percent or +65.71 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 2,992.80 with a loss of -0.99% percent or -29.92 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 38,369.00 up with +0.62% percent or +236.12 point at 12:15 PM.The FTSE 100 is trading at 7,225.92 up with 0.44% percent or +31.73 point. Germany’s DAX is trading at 11,462.72 up with +0.38% percent or +43.68 point. France’s CAC 40 is trading at 5,306.45 up with +0.098% percent or +5.22 point. The Stoxx Europe 600 is trading at 377.92 up with +0.17% percent or +0.64 point.
the yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note, which moves inversely to price, was lower at around 2.3611 percent, while the yield on the 30-year Treasury bond was also lower at 2.8082 percent.
Late last week, the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury bill fell below that of the 3-month note for the first time since 2007. It’s a development that investors call an inverted yield curve and is seen as an early indicator of a recession.
WEDNESDAY’S ACTIVITY
For the day the Dow is trading at 25,625.59 with a loss of -0.13% percent or –32.14 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,805.37 with a loss of -0.46% percent or -13.09 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 7,643.38 with a loss of -0.63% percent or -48.15 point.