S&P Futures Opening Update as on 13 Feb 2020

US PRE MARKET

The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 3,356.38 with a loss of -0.71% percent or -24.12 point.Other U.S. stock futures lower in pre-market trading for Feb 13.The Dow Futures is trading at 29,309.00 with a loss of -0.72% percent or -214.00 point.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 9,535.00 with a loss og -0.94% percent or -90.75 point.

THURSDAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

The legions of Optimism-20 virologists and epidemiologists were out in force overnight on Wall Street. After much academic debate based on their years of experience in the field, they came to the scientific conclusion that Covid-19 infections were peaking and then proceeded to buy everything. Equities hit new highs, and oil staged a mighty rally, as everyone tried to get on board the last FOMO train to V-Shaped Station Central in the Recovery District.

WEDNESDAY’S ACTIVITY

For the day the Dow is trading at 29,551.42 up with +0.94% percent or +275.08 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,379.45 up with +0.65% percent or +21.70 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 9,725.96 up with +0.90% percent or +87.02 point.

Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,689.38 up with +0.71% percent or +11.86 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 1,019.72 up with +0.67% percent or +6.75 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 2,091.35 with +0.71% percent or +14.68 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,517.81 up with +0.63% percent or +9.48 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 1,977.99 up with +0.65% percent or +12.81 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,869.15 up with +0.65% or +12.04 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 23,827.73 with a loss of –0.14% percent or –33.48 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 27,739.60 with a loss of –0.30% percent or –84.06 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 2,906.07 with a loss of –0.71% percent or –20.83 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 41,360.50 with a loss of –0.49% percent or –205.40 point at 12:15 PM.Germany’s DAX is trading at 13,608.95 with a loss of –1.02% percent or –140.83 point. France’s CAC 40 is trading at 6,030.31 with a loss of –1.22% percent or –74.41 point. The Stoxx Europe 600 is trading at 426.72 with a loss of -1.03% percent or –4.44 point.

Indices	Last	Chg	Chg%
DOW 30	43,323.90	26.83	0.06%
S&P 500	6,041.48	1.44	0.02%
NASDAQ COMPO	20,033.10	1.94	0.01%
FTSE 100	8,136.99	34.27	0.42%
DAX	19,848.80	-35.98	-0.18%
NIKKEI 225	39,568.10	437.63	1.12%
SHANGHAI COM	3,398.08	4.73	0.14%

Futures	Last	Chg	Chg%
DOW 30 FUTUR	43,322.50	72.30	0.17%
S&P 500 FUTU	6,042.90	5.00	0.08%
NASDAQ 100 F	21,801.60	2.60	0.01%
FTSE 100 FUT	8,145.70	-15.70	-0.19%
DAX FUTURES	20,066.90	-33.10	-0.16%
US DOLLAR IN	108.20	0.00	0.00%
S&P 500 VIX	16.250	0.260	1.640%

Commodities	Last	Chg	Chg%
GOLD	2,645.50	10.00	0.38%
SILVER	30.180	-0.103	-0.340%
COPPER	4.1280	0.0180	0.4400%
CRUDE OIL	69.810	-0.290	-0.410%
BRENT OIL	73.330	-0.250	-0.340%
NATURAL GAS	3.6850	-0.2610	-6.6100%