Dow Futures Opening Update as on 25 May 2018

U.S. stock futures higher in pre-market trading for Friday, May 25. The Dow Futures is trading at 24,870.00 up  with +0.27% percent or +67.00 point.The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 2,734.00 up with +0.24% percent or +6.50 point. The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 6,985.25 up with +0.40% percent or +28.00 point.

In overnight trading in the Eastern Hemisphere, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 22,450.79 up with +0.061% percent or +13.78 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 30,605.04 with a loss of -0.51% percent or  -155.37 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 3,141.30 with a loss of  -0.42% percent or  -13.35 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 34,814.32   up with +0.44%  percent or  +151.21  point at 12:15 PM.The FTSE 100 is trading at 7,733.08 up with +0.21% percent or +16.34 point. Germany’s DAX is trading at 12,980.22 up with +0.97% percent or +125.13 point. France’s CAC 40 is trading at 5,576.27 up with +0.50% percent or +27.83 point. The Stoxx Europe 600 is trading at 391.92 up with +0.36% percent or  +1.41 point.

Friday’s Factors and Events

U.S. stock index futures pointed to a higher open Friday morning as solid corporate earnings overshadowed lingering geopolitical fears after President Donald Trump called off a key summit with North Korea.

At around 7:16 a.m. ET, Dow futures rose 35 points, indicating an implied open of around 44 points higher. The Nasdaq and S&P 500 futures pointed to a flat-to-positive start to the session for both of their respective markets.

A string of solid earnings reports have kept equities afloat this week, with Foot Locker adding to the optimism on Friday.

Thursday’s Activity

U.S. market were lower on Thursday.For the day the Dow is trading at 24,811.76  with a loss of -0.30% percent or -75.05 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,727.76  with a loss of  -0.20% percent or -5.53 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 7,424.43  with a loss of -0.021% percent or  -1.53 point.

Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,628.22 up with +0.038% percent or +0.61 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 1,005.10 up with +0.043% percent or + 0.43 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 1,951.55 up with +0.052% percent or +1.02 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,197.68  with a loss of -0.31% percent or  -3.78 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 1,621.37  with a loss of -0.16% percent or  -2.63 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,513.57 with a loss of -0.18% percent or -2.71 point;