US PRE MARKET

The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 2,979.88 up with +0.05% percent or +1.38 point. Other U.S. stock futures higher in pre-market trading for  September 11.The Dow Futures is trading at 26,933.00 up with +0.15% percent or +39.00 point. The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 7,816.00 up with +0.01%  percent or +1.00 point.

WEDNESDAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

The early weakness on Wall Street partly reflected uncertainty ahead of the European Central Bank’s monetary policy decision on Thursday as well as next week’s Federal Reserve meeting.

Both the ECB and the Fed are expected to cut interest rates in reaction to recent indications of a slowdown by the global economy.

With the major averages back within striking distance of record highs, traders may be questioning whether stocks will see further upside in an economy that requires support from global central banks to avoid recession.

TUESDAY’S ACTIVITY

For the day the Dow is trading at 26,909.43  up with +0.28% percent or +73.92  point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,979.39 up with +0.032% percent or +0.96 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 8,084.16 with a loss of –0.041% percent or –3.28  point.

Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,542.99 up with +1.23% percent or +18.76 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 954.91 up with +1.22% percent or +11.52 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 1,937.80 up with +0.59% percent or +11.34 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,317.44 up with +0.050% percent or +0.66 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 1,746.26 up with +0.11% percent or +1.88 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,646.30 up with +0.030% or +0.50  point.

In overnight trading in the Eastern Hemisphere, In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 21,597.76 up  with +0.96% percent or +205.66 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 27,081.93 up with 1.49% percent or +398.25 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 3,008.81 with a loss of –0.41% percent or –12.39 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 37,267.88 up with +0.33% percent or +122.43 point at 12:15 PM.The FTSE 100 is trading at 7,334.94   up with +0.92% percent or  +66.99 point. Germany’s DAX is trading at 12,361.04  up with +0.75% percent or +92.33 point. France’s CAC 40 is trading at 5,617.32 up with +0.43% percent or +24.12 point. The Stoxx Europe 600 is trading at 389.22 up with +0.72% percent or +2.72  point.