Dow Futures Opening Update as on 23 November 2018

U.S. stock futures lower  in pre-market trading for , November 23.The Dow Futures is trading at 24,406.00  with a loss of  -0.24% percent or -59.00 point.  The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 2,643.75 with a loss of  -0.20% percent or -5.50 point.  The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 6,553.75  with  a loss of -0.34% percent or -22.50 point.

In overnight trading in the Eastern Hemisphere,Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 21,646.55 up with +0.65% percent or+139.01 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 25,911.96  with a loss of -0.41% percent or -107.45 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 2,579.48  with a loss of -2.49% percent or  -65.95 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 34,981.02  with a loss of -0.62% percent or -218.78 point at 12:15 PM.The FTSE 100 is trading at 6,961.04  up with 0.010% percent or +0.72 point. Germany’s DAX is trading at 11,149.39 up with +0.098% percent or +10.90 point. France’s CAC 40 is trading at 4,942.59 up with +0.090% percent or +4.46  point. The Stoxx Europe 600 is trading at 353.08 up with +0.14% percent or +0.50  point.

Friday’s Factors and Events

The latest batch of quarterly corporate earnings figures underscored ongoing worries among equity investors, as heightened U.S.-Sino trade tensions and slowing global investment kept stock markets on the back foot after a brutal October.

U.S. and Chinese leaders are expected to meet at a G20 meeting in Argentina at the end of the month, though few economists expect the scheduled talks to resolve the trade dispute.

Thursday’s Activity

For the day the Dow is trading at 24,464.69  with a loss of 0.0039% percent or  -0.95 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,649.93 up with +0.30% percent or +8.04 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 6,972.25  up with +0.92% percent or +63.43  point.

Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,488.28  up with  +1.31% percent or +19.27 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 937.41 up with +0.98% percent or +9.08  point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 1,827.87 up with  +1.10% percent or +19.95 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,171.29 up with +0.12% percent or +1.35 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 1,562.68  up with +0.47% percent or +7.26  point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,465.02  up with +0.40% percent or +5.85 point;