US PRE MARKET
The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 3,236.88 up with +0.40% percent or +12.88 point. Other U.S. stock futures higher in pre-market trading for Feb 03.The Dow Futures is trading at 28,291.00 up with +0.34% percent or +95.00 point. The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 9,038.75 up with +0.46% percent or +41.00 point.
MONDAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS
Stocks in Europe wobbled on Monday, as markets reacted to actions taken in China to soothe its economy, which is under pressure from the spreading coronavirus.
The Stoxx Europe 600 SXXP, +0.00% weakened 0.05% to 410.51, flipping between gains and losses during the morning. Tech companies including software giant SAP SAP, +0.92% advanced, while the oil and mining sectors edged lower.
U.S. stock futures ES00, +0.45% rose on Monday, after January was the worst month for the S&P 500 SPX, -1.77% since August.
FRIDAY’S ACTIVITY
For the day the Dow is trading at 28,256.03 with a loss of –2.09% percent or –603.41 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,225.52 with a loss of –1.77% percent or –58.14 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 9,150.94 with a loss of –1.59% percent or –148.00 point.
Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,614.06 with a loss of -2.07% percent or -34.16 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 979.84 with a loss of –2.31% percent or -23.19 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 2,007.22 with a loss of -0.062% percent or -40.70 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,446.71 with a loss of –1.67% percent or -24.53 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 1,888.03 with a loss of –1.78% percent or -34.22 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,784.03 with a loss of –1.76% or -31.97 point.