Dow Futures Opening Update as on 09 January 2019

U.S. stock futures higher  in pre-market trading for , January 09.The Dow Futures is trading at 23,811.00 up with +0.29% percent or +68.00 point. The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 2,578.88  up with +0.25% percent or +6.38 point. The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 6,579.00  up with +0.33% percent or +21.75 point.

In overnight trading in the Eastern Hemisphere, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 20,427.06 up with +1.10% percent or +223.02 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 26,446.32  up with +2.21% percent or +570.87 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 2,544.34 up with +0.71% percent or  +17.88 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 36,173.73 up with +0.54% percent or +192.80 point at 12:15 PM.The FTSE 100 is trading at 6,928.46 with  up with +0.97% percent or +66.86 point. Germany’s DAX is trading at 10,909.81  up with +0.98% percent or +105.83 point. France’s CAC 40 is trading at 4,827.30  up with  +1.13% percent or +54.03 point. The Stoxx Europe 600 is trading at 348.90 up with +0.89% percent or +3.07 point.

Wednesday’s Factors and Events

Traders will likely monitor speeches from several Federal Reservepolicymakers: Atlanta Fed President Raphael Bostic speaks at an event in Chattanooga, Tennessee, at 8:20 a.m. ET; Chicago Fed President Charles Evans is speaking at an event in Riverwoods, Illinois, at 9 a.m. ET; and Boston Fed President Eric Rosengren will provide an economic outlook at an event in Boston, Massachusetts, at 11:30 a.m. ET.

Tuesday’s Activity

For the day the Dow is trading at 23,787.45  up with  +1.09% percent or +256.10 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,574.41  up with +0.97% percent or +24.72 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at +6,897.00 up with +1.08% percent or +73.53 point.

Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,426.55 up  with +1.51% percent or +21.19 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 887.50  up with +1.49% percent or +13.02  point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 1,731.63  up with +1.69% percent or +28.81 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,143.87 up with +0.94% percent or +10.65 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 1,517.14  up with +1.05% percent or +15.81 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,423.71 up with +1.02% percent or +14.35 point;