Dow Futures Opening Update as on 26 January 2018

U.S. stock futures are higher in pre-market trading for Friday, January 26. The Dow Futures are trading at 26,428.00 for up with +0.20% percent or +52.00 point.The S&P 500 Futures are trading at 2,848.50 for up with +0.26% percent or +7.25 point. The Nasdaq Futures are trading at 6,964.75 for up with +0.48% percent or +33.25 point.

In overnight trading in the Eastern Hemisphere,  Japan’s Nikkei 225 are trading at 23,631.88  with a loss of -0.16% percent or -37.61 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng are trading at 33,154.12 for up with +1.53% percent or +499.67 point. China’s Shanghai Composite are trading at 3,558.13  for up with +0.28% percent or +9.82  point. India’s BSE Sensex are trading at 36,050.44 with a loss of  -0.31% percent or -111.20 point at 12:15 PM.The FTSE 100 are trading at 7,659.90  for up with +0.58% percent or +44.06 point. Germany’s DAX are trading at 13,315.62 for up with +0.13%  percent or  +17.26 point. France’s CAC 40 are trading at 5,532.55  for up with +0.94% percent or +51.35 point. The Stoxx Europe 600 are trading at400.57 for up with +0.50% percent or +1.98 point.

Friday’s Factors and Events

U.S. stock index futures rose ahead of the open Friday.

On the last trading day of the week, earnings and data are expected to move sentiment. AbbVie, Colgate-Palmolive, Honeywell and Rockwell Collins are set to publish their latest financial figures.

U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) data is set to keep investors on edge.

 With the GDP data set to come out at 8:30 a.m. ET, along with the durable goods orders data, investors will be poring over the figures to see if it provides any clues as to how the U.S. economy is faring.

Thursday’s Activity

U.S. market were mixed on Thursday. For the day the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 26,392.79 for up with +0.54% percent or +140.67  point. The S&P 500 closed at 2,839.25 for up with +0.06% percent or  +1.71 point. The Nasdaq Composite closed at 7,411.16 with a loss of -0.05% percent or -3.89 point.

Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,601.67 for up with +0.13% percent or  +2.06 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 976.56  for up with +0.37%  percent or +3.60 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 1,987.35 with a loss of -0.02% percent or  -0.39 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,258.04  for up  with +0.12% percent or +1.50 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 1,676.33 for up  with +0.05% percent or  +0.80 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,571.34 for up with +0.04% percent or  +0.65 point; and the Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend Index closed at 26,392.79  for up with +0.54% percent or +140.67 point.