S&P Futures Update : 09 March 2022

The S&P 500 Futures is  trading at 4,225.90 up with +1.33% percent or +55.30 point.Other U.S. stock futures higher in pre-market trading for March 09.The Dow Futures is trading at 33,005.90 up with +1.14% percent or +373.30 point.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 13,464.20 up with +1.48% percent or +196.60 point.

 

WEDNESDAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

Our near-term pessimism is driven by a view that investor fears that the war could extend beyond the Ukraine’s borders will not dissipate quickly,” said Standard Chartered’s global head of G10 FX research, Stephen Englander.

He expects the euro will fall to $1.06 by the end of the quarter before slowing creeping toward $1.14 by year’s end if some kind of agreement to contain fighting is reached, but said it would probably fall below parity if the war were to spread.

 

TUESDAY’S ACTIVITY

For the day the Dow is trading at 32,632.64 with a loss of –0.56% percent or –184.74 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 4,170.70 with a loss of –0.72% percent or –30.39 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 12,795.55 with a loss of –0.28% percent or –35.41  point.

Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed a 1,963.01 with  +0.60% percent or +11.68  point. the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 1,274.30 with  0.38% percent or +4.81  point. the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 2,526.22 up with +0.36% percent or +9.04   point. the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,908.60 with a loss of –0.69% percent or  −13.32 point.the Russell 3000 Index closed at 2,425.59 with a loss of -0.56% percent or −13.59  point. the Russell 1000 Index closed at 2,301.12 with a loss of -0.63% or −14.63 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 24,813.13 up with +0.089% percent or +22.18  point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 20,178.88  with a loss of –2.83% ercent or –588.12 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 3,185.63 with a loss of –3.28% percent or –107.90 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 53,937.16 up with +0.96% percent or +513.07  point at 12:15 PM.For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 6,964.11 up with +0.067% percent or +4.63 point. France’s CAC 40 closed at 5,962.96 with a loss of -0.32% percent or ?19.31  point.Germany’s DAX closed at 12,831.51 with a loss of -0.024% percent or -3.14   point.