Dow Futures Opening Update as on 21 Sepember 2017

U.S. stock futures are lower in pre-market trading for Thursday, September 21. The Dow Futures are trading at 22,368.00 with a loss of -0.04% percent or -8.00 point.The S&P 500 Futures are trading at 2,503.88 with a loss of -0.05% percent or -1.37 point.The Nasdaq Futures are trading at 5,974.13 with a loss of -0.07% percent or -4.87 point.

In overnight trading in the Eastern Hemisphere,  Japan’s Nikkei 225 are trading at 20,347.48  for up with +0.18% percent or +37.02 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng are trading at 28,110.33 for up with +0.19% percent or +53.61 point. China’s Shanghai Composite are trading at 3,366.00  with  a loss of –0.06% percent or  –17.47 point. India’s BSE Sensex are trading at 32,361.10  with  a loss of –0.12% percent or –39.41 point at 12:15 PM. The FTSE 100 are trading at 7,266.94 with a loss of  –0.07% percent or –5.10 point. Germany’s DAX are trading at 12,609.25 for up  with +0.32% percent or +40.08 point. France’s CAC 40 are trading at 5,269.30 for up with +0.53% percent or +27.64 point. The Stoxx Europe 600 are trading at 382.71 for up  with +0.19% percent or  +0.75 point.

Thursday’s Factors and Events

U.S. government debt prices were higher on Thursday morning as investors looked ahead to fresh economic data and continued to react to the Federal Reserve’s plans to begin unwinding its balance sheet.

The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury notes, which moves inversely to price, was lower at around 2.2694 percent, while the yield on the 30-year Treasury bond was also lower at 2.8097 percent.

As widely expected, the U.S. central bank said Wednesday it would begin trimming its massive holding of U.S. Treasurys and mortgage-backed securities in October. The Fed also suggested it still expects one more interest rate hike before the end of the year, with investors projecting this would most likely happen in its final meeting of 2017, in mid-December.

Wednesday’s Activity

U.S. market were higher on Wednesday. For the day the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 22,412.59 for up with +0.19% percent or +41.79 point. The S&P 500 closed at 2,508.24 for up with +0.06% percent or +1.59 point. The Nasdaq Composite closed at 6,456.04 with a loss of –0.08% percent or –5.28 point.

Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,445.42 for up with  +0.35% percent or +5.02 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 869.16 for up with +0.37% percent or  +3.18 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 1,766.97 for up with  +0.31% percent or +5.45 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,110.16  for up with  +0.08% percent or +0.90 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 1,485.49 for up  with +0.11% percent or +1.70 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,390.43 for up with +0.09% percent or +1.32 point; and the Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend Index closed at 22,412.59  for up with +0.19% percent or +41.79 point.