S&P Futures Update : 16 Feb 2022

The S&P 500 Futures is  trading at 4,471.70 with +0.01% percent or +0.60 point.Other U.S. stock futures higher in pre-market trading for Feb 14.The Dow Futures is trading at 35,021.70 with +0.09% percent or +32.90 point.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 14,615.70 with a loss of -1.17% percent or -5.10 point.

WEDNESDAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

Markets around the world rallied on Tuesday after Russia announced that it had begun returning some troops to deployment bases after training exercises near the Ukrainian border, assuaging fears of an imminent invasion and raising hopes of a de-escalation of recent tensions with the West.

TUESDAY’S ACTIVITY

For the day the Dow is trading at 34,738.06 with a loss of –1.43% percent or –503.53 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 4,418.64 with a loss of –1.90% percent or –85.44 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 13,791.15 with a loss of –2.78% percent or –394.49  point.

Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 2,030.15 with a loss of -1.02% percent or –21.02  point. the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 1,301.19 with a loss of –0.22% percent or −2.83  point. the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 2,647.46 with a loss of –1.28% percent or −34.32  point. the S&P 100 Index closed at 2,031.42 with a loss of –1.86% percent or  −48.70  point.the Russell 3000 Index closed at 2,573.78 with a loss of –1.86% percent or −48.70  point. the Russell 1000 Index closed at 2,445.77 with a loss of –1.91% or −47.62 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 27,460.40 up with +2.22% percent or +595.21  point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 24,703.05 up with +1.43% percent or +347.34 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 3,465.83 with 0.57% percent or +19.74   point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 58,377.21 with 0.40% percent or +235.16  point at 12:15 PM.the FTSE 100 closed at 7,608.92 with 1.03% percent or +77.33 point. France’s CAC 40 closed at 6,979.97 with +1.86% percent or +127.77  point.Germany’s DAX closed at 15,412.71 up with +1.98% percent or +298.74   point.