S&P Futures Update : 31 Aug 2022

The S&P 500 Futures is  trading at 3,982.10 with a loss of –0.10% percent or -4.10 point.Other U.S. stock futures higher in pre-market trading for Aug 26.The Dow Futures is trading at 31,701.5 with -0.28% percent or -89.4 point.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 12,362.3 with +0.16% percent or +19.6 point.

 

 

FRIDAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

German inflation running at its highest in nearly 50 years and a growing chorus of European Central Bank officials calling for big rate hikes has markets pricing a better-than-even chance of a 75 basis point rate hike next week.

 

 

THURSDAY’S ACTIVITY

For the day the Dow is trading at 31,790.87 with a loss of –0.96% percent or -308.12  point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,986.16  up with 1.10% percent or -44.45  point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 11,883.14 with a loss of 1.12% percent or ?134.53  point.

Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed a 1,855.59 up with -1.45% percent or  -27.35 point. the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 1,195.79 with a loss of -1.49% percent or −18.06 point. the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 2,448.36 with a loss of –1.39% percent or −34.60  point. the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,812.80 with a loss of –1.06% percent or  −19.47 point.the Russell 3000 Index closed at 2,310.69 with 1.12% percent or −26.28  point. the Russell 1000 Index closed at 2,193.24 with a loss of -1.10% or −24.47 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 28,059.68 with a loss of –0.48% percent or -135.90 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 19,871.00 with a loss of –0.39% ercent or -78.03 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 3,189.26 with a loss of –1.18% percent or -37.96 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 59,537.07 up with +2.70% percent or +1,564.45  point at 12:15 PM.For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 7,361.63 with a loss of –0.88% percent or ?65.68  point. France’s CAC 40 closed at 6,210.22  with a loss of –0.19% percent or ?12.06  point.Germany’s DAX closed at 12,961.14 with 0.53% percent or ++68.15  point.