US PRE MARKET

The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 3,023.88  with a loss of  -0.02% percent or -0.62 point.  Other U.S. stock futures lower in pre-market trading for  July 29. The Dow Futures is trading at 27,150.00 with a loss of -0.01% percent or -1.50 point. The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 8,017.12  with a loss of -0.03% percent or -2.63 point.

MONDAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

Investors are also likely to closely monitor whether the central bank will signal more cuts over the coming months. Economists mostly anticipate anywhere from one to three rate cuts this year.

Meanwhile, officials from the U.S. and China are set to meet in Shanghai this week for their first face-to-face talks since a G-20 truce last month. However, expectations for the world’s two largest economies to secure a comprehensive trade agreement are low.

FRIDAY’S ACTIVITY

For the day the Dow is trading at 27,192.45 up with +0.19% percent or +51.47 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,025.86 up with +0.74% percent or +22.19 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 8,330.21 up  with +1.11% percent or +91.67 point.

Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,578.97  up with +1.12% percent or +17.52 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 962.51 up with +0.99% percent or +9.41 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 1,983.14  up with +0.93% percent or +18.31 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,339.87 up with +0.89% percent or +11.84 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 1,779.48  up with +0.79% percent or +13.91 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,677.13  up with +0.76% or +12.72 point.

In overnight trading in the Eastern Hemisphere, In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 21,616.80  with a loss of -0.19% percent or -41.35 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 27,985.03  with a loss of -1.45% percent or -412.71 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 2,939.38  with a loss of -0.18% percent or -5.16 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 37,573.29   with a loss of -0.82% percent or -309.50 point at 12:15 PM.The FTSE 100 is trading at 7,647.87  up with +1.31% percent or +98.81 point. Germany’s DAX is trading at 12,414.32  with a loss of -0.045% percent or -5.58 point. France’s CAC 40 is trading at 5,601.23   with a loss of -0.16% percent or -8.81 point. The Stoxx Europe 600 is trading at 391.33  up with +0.15% percent or +0.64 point.