U.S. stock futures are lower in pre-market trading for Tuesday, June 13. The Dow Futures are trading at 21,201.00 for up with  +0.08% percent or +17.00 point . The S&P 500 Futures are trading at 2,430.00 for up with +0.14% percent or +3.50 point. The Nasdaq Futures are trading at 5,737.12 for up with  +0.31% percent or +17.87 point.

In overnight trading in the Eastern Hemisphere,Japan’s Nikkei 225 are trading at 19,898.75 with a loss of –0.05% percent or –9.83 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng are trading at 25,852.10 for up with  +0.56% percent or +144.06 point. China’s Shanghai Composite are trading at 3,153.74 for up with  +0.44% percent or +13.87 point. India’s S&P BSE Sensex are trading at 31,103.49 for up with +0.03% percent or  +7.79 point. In Europe, the FTSE 100 are trading at 7,511.54 with  –0.00% percent or – 0.33 point. Germany’s DAX are trading at 12,750.45 for up with  +0.47% percent or +60.01 point. France’s CAC 40 are trading at 5,255.33 for up with  +0.28% percent or 14.74 point. The Stoxx Europe 600 are trading at 388.58 for up with  +0.52% percent or + 2.05 point.

Tuesday’s Factors and Events

The market is keenly waiting for the three inflation reports to be released on Tuesday. The Federal Open Market Committee or FOMC meeting will begin today. Initial trends from the U.S. Futures Market suggest that Wall Street might open on a positive note. Asian shares closed broadly higher, while European shares are trading up.

As of 6.15 am ET, the Dow futures were adding 27 points, the S&P 500 futures were progressing 4.50 points and the Nasdaq 100 futures were gaining 11.00 points.

Monday’s Activity

U.S. market indexes were lower on Monday. For the day the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 21,235.67  with a loss of – 0.17% percent or –36.30 point. The S&P 500 closed at 2,429.39 with a loss of –0.10% percent or –2.38 point. The Nasdaq Composite closed at 6,175.46 with a loss of –0.52% percent or –32.45 point.

Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,421.7 for up with +0.11% percent or  +1.5 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 862.36  with a loss of  –0.20% percent or –1.75 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 1,759.00 for up with +0.08% percent or +1.46 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,070.71 with a loss of –0.11% percent or –1.19 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 1,439.97 with a loss of -0.09% percent or 1.28 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,346.41 with a loss of -0.08% percent or -1.10 point; and the Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend Index closed at 21,235.67  with a loss of  –0.17% percent or –36.30 point.