Dow Futures Opening Update as on 03 Ju 2018

U.S. stock futures higher in pre-market trading for Tuesday, July 03. The Dow Futures is trading at 24,404.00 up with +0.49% percent or +118.00 point. The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 2,738.00 up with +0.39% percent or +10.75 point.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 7,150.25 up with +0.47% percent or +33.75 point.

In overnight trading in the Eastern Hemisphere, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 21,785.54 with a loss of -0.12% percent or -26.39 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 28,462.30 with a loss of -1.70% percent or -492.81 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 2,786.89 up with +0.41% percent or +11.33 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 35,388.01 up with +0.35% percent or +123.60 point at 12:15 PM.The FTSE 100 is trading at 7,592.43 up with 0.59% percent or +44.58 point. Germany’s DAX is trading at 12,409.31  up with 1.40% percent or +171.14 point. France’s CAC 40 is trading at 5,329.30 up with 1.00% percent or +52.55 point. The Stoxx Europe 600 is trading at 380.49 up with 0.99% percent or +3.74 point.

Tuesday’s Factors and Events

U.S. stock index futures rose on Tuesday as some tech shares gained in the premarket, despite heightened fears of a bitter trade dispute between the U.S. and major economies around the world.

Dow Jones Industrial Average futures gained 103 points, pointing to a gain of 101.82 points at the open. S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 futures also gained steam and indicated a higher open.

Shares of Amazon, Apple, Netflix, Alphabet and Microsoft all traded higher before the bell as tech looked to add to Monday’s strong gains. The tech sector rose 1 percent in the previous session, erasing losses from earlier in the day.

Monday’s Activity

For the day the Dow is trading at 24,307.18 up with +0.15% percent or +35.77 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,726.71 up with +0.31% percent or  +8.34 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 7,567.69 up with +0.76% percent or +57.38 point.

Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,655.09 up with +0.73% percent or +12.02 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 1,027.28 up with 0.97% percent or +9.90 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 1,953.65 up with +0.10% percent or +1.98 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,199.46 up with 0.42% percent or +4.96 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 1,624.39 up with 0.33% percent or +5.40 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,514.49 up with 0.30% percent or +4.53 point;