US PRE MARKET
The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 2,972.38 up with +0.29% percent or +8.63 point. Other U.S. stock futures higher in pre-market trading for September 30.The Dow Futures is trading at 26,860.00 up with +0.24% percent or +64.00 point. The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 7,734.75 up with +0.43% percent or +33.50 point.
MONDAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS
Some market participants viewed the memo as less damaging than initially feared, but investors stateside will continue to monitor ongoing developments in the saga as Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives pursue an impeachment inquiry against the president.
Lawmakers are also reviewing the whistleblower complaint which prompted the memo’s release, and reportedly includes concerns over how the White House handled records of the conversation, according to the New York Times.
FRIDAY’S ACTIVITY
For the day the Dow is trading at 26,820.25 with a loss of – percent or –70.87 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,961.79 with a loss of – percent or –15.83 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 7,939.63 with a loss of – percent or –91.03 point.
Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,520.48 with a loss of – percent or –12.85 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 946.31 with a loss of – percent or –6.17 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 1,922.74 with a loss of – percent or –14.23 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,308.66 with a loss of – percent or –5.30 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 1,734.00 with a loss of – percent or –10.53 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,635.62 with a loss of – or –9.66 point.
In overnight trading in the Eastern Hemisphere, In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 21,755.84 with a loss of – percent or –123.06 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 26,032.90 up with + percent or +79.96 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 2,905.19 with a loss of – percent or –26.98 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 38,522.39 with a loss of – percent or –300.18 point at 12:15 PM. Germany’s DAX is trading at 12,378.16 with a loss of – percent or –2.78 point. France’s CAC 40 is trading at 5,641.86 up with + percent or +1.28 point. The Stoxx Europe 600 is trading at 391.64 with a loss of -0.04% percent or –0.15 point.