S&P Futures Update : 19 August 2021
The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 4,366.80 with a loss of -0.76% percent or -33.50 point.Other U.S. stock futures lower in pre-market trading for Aug 18.The Dow Futures is trading at 34,653.20 with a loss of -0.88% percent or -307.50 point.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 14,763.50 with a loss of -0.64% percent or -94.40 point.
THURSDAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS
Stock futures retreated sharply Thursday as concern grew that the Federal Reserve could remove stimulus this year, slowing an economy hurt by the spread of the Covid delta variant.
WEDNEDAY’S ACTIVITY
Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 2,158.78 with a loss of -0.84% percent or -18.39 point. the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 1,312.82 with a loss of -0.80% percent or -10.57 point. the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 2,667.07 with a loss of – percent or −25.43 point. the S&P 100 Index closed at 2,018.72 with a loss of – percent or −22.25 point.the Russell 3000 Index closed at 2,603.06 with a loss of –percent or −26.87 point. the Russell 1000 Index closed at 2,465.45 with a loss of – or−25.74 point.
In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 27,317.81 with a loss of – percent or –268.10 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 25,419.09 with a loss of – percent or –447.92 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 3,470.66 with a loss of – percent or –14.63point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 55,629.49 with a loss of – percent or –162.78 point at 12:15 PM.For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 7,169.32 with a loss of – percent or +27.13 point. France’s CAC 40 closed at 6,819.84 with a loss of – percent or –18.93 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 15,921.95 with a loss of –percent or –3.78 point.