S&P Futures Update : 15 Aug 2022

The S&P 500 Futures is  trading at 3,951.20 with +0.13% percent or +5.20 point.Other U.S. stock futures higher in pre-market trading for Sep 15.The Dow Futures is trading at 31,180.1 with +0.14% percent or +45.0 point.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 12,147.6 up with +0.11% percent or +13.2 point.

 

THURSDAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

The inflation report is one of the last pieces of data on inflation the U.S. Federal Reserve will see ahead of its September meeting, where the central bank is expected to deliver its third consecutive 0.75 percentage point rate hike in an effort to combat high inflation.

 

 

WEDNESDAY’S ACTIVITY

For the day the Dow is trading at 31,581.28 with 1.40% percent or +435.98  point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,979.87 with 1.83% percent or +71.68 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 11,791.90 up with +2.14% percent or +246.99  point.

Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed a 1,838.46 up with +0.38% percent or  +6.89 point. the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 1,161.99 with a loss of -0.020% percent or −0.23 point. the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 2,427.54 with a loss of –0.071% percent or −1.72   point. the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,788.65 with 0.55% percent or  +9.71  point.the Russell 3000 Index closed at 2,291.01 with +0.35% percent or +7.92 point. the Russell 1000 Index closed at 2,174.66 with 0.34% or +7.48 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 27,882.02 up with +0.23% percent or +63.40  point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 18,937.74with 0.48% ercent or +0.48% point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 3,200.35 with a loss of –1.15% percent or -37.20 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 60,066.94  with a loss of –0.46% percent or ?280.03   point at 12:15 PM.For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 7,277.30 up with 1.47% percent or ?108.56  point. France’s CAC 40 closed at 6,222.41 up  with 0.37% percent or ?23.28 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 13,028.00 with  a loss of –1.22% percent or –160.95  point.