US PRE MARKET

The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 3,125.88 with a loss of -0.28% percent or -8.62 point.  Other U.S. stock futures lower in pre-market trading for  Dec 10.The Dow Futures is trading at 27,817.50  with a loss of -0.30% percent or -84.50 point.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 8,328.50  with a loss of -0.33% percent or -27.50 point.

TUESDAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

Markets have been sanguine about Europe this year, with the Stoxx Europe 600 SXXP, -0.80%  up more than 20% so far. But this may not last, whenever investors realize how vulnerable the eurozone economy remains to a serious financial shock. For now the European agenda, Bank of America analysts note, has “lots of boxes but no ticks.”

MONDAY’S ACTIVITY

For the day the Dow is trading at 27,909.60 with a loss of –0.38% percent or –105.46  point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,135.96  with a loss of –0.91% percent or –9.95 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 8,621.83  with a loss of –0.40% percent or –34.70 point.

Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,629.62 with a loss of -0.26%  percent or –4.22  point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 999.06  with a loss of –0.31% percent or −3.07+14.12 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 2,013.48  with a loss of –0.42% percent or -8.50   point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,398.34 with a loss of –0.28% percent or −3.97 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 1,838.57  with a loss of –0.32% percent or -5.87 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,732.96 with a loss of –0.32%  or -5.61  point.

In overnight trading in the Eastern Hemisphere,In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 23,410.19 with a loss of –0.088% percent or –20.51 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 26,456.59 with a loss of –0.14% percent or –38.14 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 2,917.45 up with +0.10% percent or +2.97 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 40,327.09 with a loss of –0.40% percent or –0.40% point at 12:15 PM.Germany’s DAX is trading at 12,952.67 with a loss of –1.15% percent or –150.29 point. France’s CAC 40 is trading at 5,803.77  with a loss of –0.57% percent or –33.48 point. The Stoxx Europe 600 is trading at 403.15  with a loss of -0.80% percent or –3.24  point.