US PRE MARKET

The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 2,922.25 with a loss of -0.09% percent or -2.50 point. Other U.S. stock futures lower in pre-market trading for  September 02.The Dow Futures is trading at 26,321.00  with a loss of -0.32% percent or -85.00 point.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 7,680.75  with a loss of -0.13% percent or -10.00 point.

MONDAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

Trade tensions have dominated market sentiment for much of this year, with wild swings in global markets as rhetoric between world’s two largest economies fluctuates from conciliatory to combative.

On Wednesday, the rate on the benchmark 30-year Treasury bond sank to an all-time low, while the U.S. yield curve inverted even further.

The move extended losses from earlier in the week, when the spread between the 10-year rate and the 2-year yield — seen by many as an important recession prognosticator — registered its lowest level since 2007.

FRIDAY’S ACTIVITY

For the day the Dow is trading at 26,403.28 up with +1.41% percent or +367.18  point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,926.46 up with +0.064% percent or +1.88 point.  The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 7,962.88  with a loss of –0.13% percent or –10.51 point.

Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,494.84  with a loss of –0.13% percent or -1.88 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 918.74  with a loss of –0.14% percent or -1.30 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 1,881.20  up with +0.21% percent or +3.99 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,292.38 up with +0.047% percent or +0.61 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 1,715.24 up with +0.048% percent or +0.82 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,618.61  up with +0.060% or +0.97 point.

In overnight trading in the Eastern Hemisphere, In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 20,620.19  with a loss of –0.41% percent or –84.18 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 25,591.89  with a loss of –0.52% percent or –132.84point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 2,924.11 up with +1.31% percent or +37.87 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 37,332.79 up with +0.71% percent or +263.86 point at 12:15 PM.The FTSE 100 is trading at 7,308.19  up with +1.40% percent or  +101.16  point. Germany’s DAX is trading at 11,988.30 up with 0.41% percent or +49.02 point. France’s CAC 40 is trading at 5,499.60 up with +0.35% percent or +19.12 point. The Stoxx Europe 600 is trading at 382.02  up with +0.67% percent or +2.55 point.