U.S. stock futures higher in pre-market trading for Thursday, June 14. The Dow Futures is trading at 25,219.00 up with +0.04% percent or +11.00 point.The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 2,780.00 up with +0.04% percent or +1.00 point.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 7,226.00 with a loss of -0.07% percent or -5.75 point..

In overnight trading in the Eastern Hemisphere, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 22,738.61 with a loss of –0.99% percent or –227.77 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 30,440.17 with a loss of –0.93% percent or –284.98 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 3,044.16 with  a loss of –0.18% percent or –5.64 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 35,615.53 with a loss of –0.35% percent or  –123.63 point at 12:15 PM.The FTSE 100 is trading at 7,664.82 with  a loss of –0.50% percent or –38.89 point. Germany’s DAX is trading at 12,846.66 with a loss of –0.34% percent or –43.92 point. France’s CAC 40 is trading at 5,442.57 with a loss of  –0.19% percent or –10.15 point. The Stoxx Europe 600 is trading at 386.45  with a loss of –0.46%percent or –1.85 point.

Thursday’s Factors and Events

U.S. stock index futures pointed to a lower open Thursday morning as investors digested comments from the Federal Reserve.

At around 4:06 a.m. ET, Dow futures slipped 27 points, indicating a negative open of 31.20 points. The Nasdaq and the S&P 500 futures also indicated a lower start to the session for their respective markets.

The moves in pre-market trade came after the Federal Reserve announced a new rate hike and indicated that two other increases are possible until the end of the year. As a result, the Dow fell about 120 points as traders expect that the higher rates will bring higher costs for companies.