U.S. stock futures lower in pre-market trading for , February 28.The Dow Futures is trading at 25,941.00 with a loss of -0.26% percent or -67.00 point.The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 2,785.88 with a loss of -0.33% percent or -9.12 point.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 7,087.12 with a loss of -0.49% percent or -34.63 point.
In overnight trading in the Eastern Hemisphere, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 21,385.16 with a loss of -0.79% percent or -171.35 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 28,633.18 with a loss of -0.43% percent or -124.26 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 2,940.95 with a loss of -0.44% percent or -12.87 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 35,938.34 up with +0.092% percent or +32.91 point at 12:15 PM.The FTSE 100 is trading at 7,057.99 with a loss of -0.69% percent or -49.21 point. Germany’s DAX is trading at 11,463.93 with a loss of -0.20% percent or -23.40 point. France’s CAC 40 is trading at 5,217.77 with a loss of -0.15% percent or -7.58 point. The Stoxx Europe 600 is trading at 371.16 with a loss of -0.37% percent or -1.38 point..
Thursday’s Factors and Events
Earlier Trump and Kim, seated together at a conference table, appeared confident about the prospect of improving diplomatic relations. But, the pair were ultimately unable to agree after the U.S. refused North Korean demands for sanctions relief.
“They wanted the sanctions lifted in their entirety and we couldn’t do that,” Trump said at a news conference.
The U.S. president said no plans had been made for a third summit.
On the data front, a first reading of fourth-quarter real GDP will be released at around 8:30 a.m. ET. Chicago PMI figures for February and Kansas City Federal Reserve’s latest survey are both set to follow later in the session.
Wednesday’s Activity
For the day the Dow is trading at 25,985.16 with a loss of -0.28% percent or -72.82 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,792.38 with a loss of -0.054% percent or -1.52 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 7,554.51 up with +0.069% percent or +5.21 point.
Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,581.05 up with +0.23% percent or +3.57 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 976.89 up with +0.11% percent or +1.05 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 1,918.41 up with +0.12% percent or +2.23 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,227.68 with a loss of -0.067% percent or -0.82 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 1,654.16 up with +0.026% percent or +0.43 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,550.29 up with +0.010% percent or +0.16 point.