US PRE MARKET

The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 2,966.38   with a loss of -0.05% percent or -1.37 point.Other U.S. stock futures lower in pre-market trading for  July 02. The Dow Futures is trading at 26,678.00  with a loss of -0.08% percent or -22.00 point.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 7,779.38  with a loss of  -0.14% percent or -10.62 point.

TUESDAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

Market focus is largely attuned to global trade developments, after the world’s two largest economies agreed to resume trade negotiations over the weekend.

President Donald Trump offered concessions to his Chinese counterpart when the two leaders met on the sidelines of the Group of Twenty (G-20) summit in Japan last week. Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed not to impose new tariffs on U.S. and Chinese goods. The U.S. said they would hold off on the potential 25% tariffs on the remaining $300 billion of imports from China and China said they would continue to buy U.S. agricultural products.

MONDAY’S ACTIVITY

For the day the Dow is trading at 26,717.43 up with +0.44% percent or +117.47 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,964.33 up with +0.77% percent or +22.57 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 8,091.16  up with +1.06% percent or +84.92 point.

Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,569.66  up with +0.20% percent or +3.09 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 954.83 up with +0.17% percent or +1.58 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 1,952.38 up with +0.35% percent or +6.87 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,307.95 up with +0.81% percent or +10.49 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 1,743.50  up with +0.73% percent or +12.60 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,641.51  up with +0.77% or +12.49 point.

In overnight trading in the Eastern Hemisphere, In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 21,754.27  up with +0.11% percent or +24.30point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 28,919.40  up with +1.32% percent or +376.78 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 3,045.47  up with +0.019% percent or +0.50 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 39,580.65 with a loss of -0.27% percent or -105.85 point at 12:15 PM.The FTSE 100 is trading at 7,539.37 up  with +0.56% percent or +41.87 point. Germany’s DAX is trading at 12,522.96 up with +0.013% percent or +1.58 point. France’s CAC 40 is trading at 5,570.99 up  with +0.055% percent or +3.07 point. The Stoxx Europe 600 is trading at 388.82 up with +0.26% percent or +3.35 point.