S&P Futures Opening Update as on 16 May 2019

 

US PRE MARKET

The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 2,864.38  up with +0.33% percent or +9.38 point.Other U.S. stock futures higher in pre-market trading for  May 16. The Dow Futures is trading at 25,758.00  up with +0.33% percent or +84.00 point.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 7,554.75  up with +0.34% percent or +25.50 point.

THURSDAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

U.S. stock index futures pointed to positive start to the trading day on Thursday as investors weigh strong earnings against lingering trade-war fears.

At 6:45 a.m., Dow Jones Industrial Average futures pointed to a gain of 120 points at the open. Futures on the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 indexes were also higher.

Shares of Cisco Systems outperformed in the premarket, trading 3.4% higher on the back of quarterly numbers that topped analyst expectations. The company also issued on Wednesday better-than-expected revenue guidance for the current quarter. Walmart is set to report its quarterly results later on Thursday.

WEDNESDAY’S ACTIVITY

For the day the Dow is trading at 25,648.02  up with +0.45% percent or +115.97    point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,850.96 up with +0.58% percent or +16.55 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 7,822.15 up with +1.13% percent or +87.65 point.

Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,548.27 up with +0.34% percent or +5.21 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 946.06 up with +0.14% percent or +1.29 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 1,899.98  up with +0.27% percent or +5.06 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,262.30  up with +0.79% percent or +9.89 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 1,680.91 up with +0.57% percent or +9.45 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,579.88  up with +0.58% or +9.15 point.

In overnight trading in the Eastern Hemisphere, In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 21,062.98 with a loss of -0.59% percent or -125.58 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 28,341.68 up with +0.26% percent or +72.97   point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 2,955.71  up with +0.58% percent or +17.03 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 37,114.61  with a loss of -0.00073% percent or -0.27 point at 12:15 PM.The FTSE 100 is trading at 7,321.51 up with +0.34% percent or +24.56 point. Germany’s DAX is trading at 12,188.21 up with +0.73% percent or  +88.64 point. France’s CAC 40 is trading at 5,393.84 up with +0.36% percent or +19.58 point. The Stoxx Europe 600 is trading at 379.69 up with +0.43% percent or +1.67  point.