U.S. stock futures lower in pre-market trading for , October 12.The Dow Futures is trading at 25,301.00 with a loss of -0.85% percent or -218.00 point.The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 2,760.00 with a loss of -0.76% percent or -21.00 point.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 6,982.75 with a loss of -0.70% percent or -49.25 point.
In overnight trading in the Eastern Hemisphere, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 22,694.66 with +0.46% percent or +103.80 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 25,711.91 up with +1.76% percent or +445.54 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 2,607.49 up with +0.93% percent or +24.04 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 34,692.41 up with +2.03% percent or +691.26 point at 12:15 PM.The FTSE 100 is trading at 7,054.98 UP with +0.69% percent or +48.05 point. Germany’s DAX is trading at 11,602.16 up with +0.54% percent or +62.81 point. France’s CAC 40 is trading at 5,141.24 up with +0.68% percent or +34.87 point. The Stoxx Europe 600 is trading at 361.92 up with +0.63% percent or +2.25 point.
Friday’s Factors and Events
U.S. stock index futures rose sharply ahead of Friday’s open as worries over rising rates subsided and tech shares rebounded from steep losses earlier this week.
Futures climbed as tech shares rose sharply in the premarket. Amazon and Apple both rose more than 2 percent, while Netflix surged more than 3.5 percent. Facebook, meanwhile, gained 1.5 percent and Twitter jumped 2.6 percent.
Thursday’s Activity
For the day the Dow is trading at 25,598.74 with a loss of -3.15% percent or -831.83 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,785.68 with a loss of -3.29% percent or -94.66 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 7,422.05 with a loss of -4.08% percent or -315.97 point.
Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,575.41 with a loss of -2.86% percent or ?46.45 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 987.79 with a loss of -2.77% percent or –28.15 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 1,905.43 with a loss of -2.63% percent or -51.42 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,239.83 with a loss of -3.41% percent or -43.77 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 1,642.77 with a loss of -3.24% or -55.06 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,539.26 with a loss of -3.27% percent or -52.08 point;