Dow Futures Opening Update as on 20 June 2018

U.S. stock futures higher in pre-market trading for Wednesday, June 20. The Dow Futures is trading at 24,837.00 up with +0.49% percent or +122.00 point. The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 2,775.50 up with +0.33% percent or +9.25 point.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 7,277.50 up  with +0.35% percent or +25.25 point.

In overnight trading in the Eastern Hemisphere,Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 22,555.43 up with +1.24% percent or  +276.95 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 29,718.61 up  with +0.85% percent or  +250.46 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 2,915.73 up with +0.27%  percent or  +7.91  point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at +35,522.94  up with 0.67%  percent or  +236.20 point at 12:15 PM.The FTSE 100 is trading at 7,664.3  up with +0.80% percent or +60.48 point. Germany’s DAX is trading at 12,686.42 up with +0.067% percent or +8.45 point. France’s CAC 40 is trading at 5,398.39  up with +0.14% percent or +7.76 point. The Stoxx Europe 600 is trading at 385.33 up with +0.53% percent or +2.04 point.

Wednesday’s Factors and Events

The Dow Jones industrial average fell 287.26 points to close at 24,700.21, with Boeing, DowDuPont and Caterpillar as the worst-performing stocks in the index. The 30-stock index also erased all of its gains for the year and posted a six-day losing streak, its longest since March 2017.

The S&P 500 dropped 0.4 percent to 2,762.45, with materials, industrials and tech lagging. The Nasdaq composite closed 0.3 percent lower at 7,725.59. Both indexes briefly fell more than 1 percent earlier in the session.

Tuesday’s Activity

U.S. market were lower on Tuesday.For the day the Dow is trading at 24,700.21 with  a loss of -1.15% percent or -287.26 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,762.59 with a loss of -0.40% percent or  -11.16 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 7,725.58 with a loss of -0.28% percent or -21.44 point.

Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,683.91  with a loss of -0.048% percent or -0.82 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 1,039.54 up with +0.043% percent or +0.45  point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 1,992.37  with a loss of -0.17% percent or -3.33 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,220.26 with a loss of -0.12% percent or -1.52 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 1,656.18 with a loss of  -0.087% percent or -1.45 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,544.43 with a loss of -0.091%  percent or  -1.40 point;