S&P Futures Update : 17 Oct 2022

The S&P 500 Futures is  trading at 3,620.60 with +1.05% percent or +37.50 point..Other U.S. stock futures higher in pre-market trading for Oct 17.The Dow Futures is trading at 29,918.0 with +0.96% percent or +283.2 point.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 10,819.0 up with +1.19% percent or +126.9 point.

 

 

MONDAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

The positive open comes as the U.K. awaits a fiscal statement from its new Finance Minister Jeremy Hunt. The pound was up around 0.8% against the dollar to trade around $1.1262, extending gains after a statement from the U.K. Treasury said Hunt would make some policy announcements today — earlier than expected.

 

 

FRIDAY’S ACTIVITY

For the day the Dow is trading at 29,239.19 up with +0.12% percent or +36.31 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,588.84 with a loss of  –0.65% percent or -23.55  point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 10,426.19 with a loss of –1.10%  percent or -115.91  point.

Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed a 1,682.40 with a loss of -2.66% percent or  -46.01 point. the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 1,091.05 with a loss of –2.31% percent or −25.75  point. the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 2,245.21 with a loss of –2.46% percent or −56.63 point. the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,622.25 with a loss of –2.23% percent or  −36.92  point.the Russell 3000 Index closed at 2,076.07 with a loss of -2.42% percent or −51.53 point. the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,969.38 with a loss of -2.41% or −48.56 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 26,393.43 with a loss of –0.030% percent or -7.82 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 16,495.52 with a loss of –2.00% ercent or -336.84  point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 2,945.16 with a loss of –1.16% percent or -34.64 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 57,330.78 up with +0.32% percent or +183.46 point at 12:15 PM.For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 6,858.79  up with 0.12% percent or +8.52  point. France’s CAC 40 closed at 5,931.92 up with +0.90% percent or +52.73  point.Germany’s DAX closed at 12,437.81 up with +0.67% percent or +82.23 point.