US PRE MARKET

The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 2,909.88  with a loss of -0.09% percent or -2.62 point.  Other U.S. stock futures lower in pre-market trading for  April 23.The Dow Futures is trading at 26,496.00  with a loss of -0.06% percent or -17.00 point. The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 7,729.12   with a loss of -0.07%  percent or -5.63 point.

TUESDAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

the yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note, which moves inversely to price, was lower at around 2.5776 percent, while the yield on the 30-year Treasury bond was also lower at 2.9824 percent.

On the data front, the latest Philadelphia Fed nonmanufacturing survey and FHFA Housing Price Index for February will be published during early morning deals. New home sales for March and the Richmond Fed survey for April will both be released at around 10:00 a.m. ET.

The Federal Reserve Board will hold an open meeting Tuesday to discuss a proposal that would simplify and increase the transparency of its rules of determining control of a banking organization.

MONDAY’S ACTIVITY

For the day the Dow is trading at 26,511.05   with a loss of -0.18% percent or -48.49 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,907.97 up with +0.10% percent or +2.94 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 8,015.27 up with +0.22% percent or +17.21 point.

Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,560.04  with a loss of -0.36% percent or -5.70 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 957.25 with a loss of -0.56% percent or -5.41 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 1,946.21 with a loss of -0.37% percent or -7.22 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,290.69  up with +0.26% percent or +3.29 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 1,711.87 up  with +0.052% percent or +0.89 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,610.27  up with +0.084% or +1.34 point.

In overnight trading in the Eastern Hemisphere, In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 22,217.90  up with +0.078% percent or +17.34 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 29,963.26  with a loss of -0.54% percent or -161.42   point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 3,215.04  with a loss of -1.70% percent or -55.76 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 38,869.10   with a loss of -0.69% percent or -271.12 point at 12:15 PM.The FTSE 100 is trading at 7,491.91  up with +0.43% percent or +32.03 point. Germany’s DAX is trading at 12,192.92  with a loss of -0.24% percent or  -29.47 point. France’s CAC 40 is trading at 5,567.33  with a loss of -0.23% percent or -13.05 point. The Stoxx Europe 600 is trading at 389.43   with a loss of -0.26% percent or -1.02 point.