S&P Futures Update : 24 Feb 2023

The S&P 500 Futures is  trading at 4,004.00 with -0.21% percent or -8.30 point..Other U.S. stock futures higher in pre-market trading for Feb 24.The Dow Futures is trading at 33,099.0 with a loss of -0.17% percent or -54.9 point.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 12,117.5 with  -0.51% percent or -62.6 point.

 

FRIDAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

Asia-Pacific markets traded mixed on Friday as the nominee to lead the Bank of Japan Kazuo Ueda spoke at a confirmation hearing.

The Nikkei 225 ended Friday 1.29% higher at 27,452.48, and the Topix climbed 0.67%. Japan’s core inflation in January rose 4.2%, the highest since 1981.

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THURSDAY’S ACTIVITY

For the day the Dow is trading at 33,153.91 with 0.33% percent or +108.82 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 4,012.32 with 0.53% percent or +21.27 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 11,590.40 with 0.72% percent or +83.33 point.

Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed a 1,908.09 with 0.71% percent or +13.42 point. the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 1,257.12 with 0.68% percent or +8.46 point. the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 2,616.47 up with 0.46% percent or +11.86  point. the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,796.81 with 0.58% percent or +10.35 point.the Russell 3000 Index closed at 2,332.05 up with 0.51% percent or +11.86 point. the Russell 1000 Index closed at 2,210.80 with 0.50% or +10.96  point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 27,408.63 with 1.12% percent or +304.31 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 20,105.77 with 1.21% ercent or ?245.58 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 3,270.37 with 0.52% percent or ?17.11 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 59,700.07 up with 0.16% percent or +94.27 point at 12:15 PM.For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 7,907.72 with 0.29% percent or ?22.91  point. France’s CAC 40 closed at 7,317.43 with 0.25% percent or +18.17 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 15,475.69 with 0.49% percent or +75.80 point.