U.S. stock  lower in pre-market trading for,Feb 21.The Dow Futures is trading at 29,057.00 with a loss of -0.39% percent or -114.00 point.The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 3,355.38 with a loss of -0.41% percent or -13.87 point.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 9,575.88 with a loss of -0.50% percent or -48.37 point.

In overnight trading in the Eastern Hemisphere,In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 23,386.74 with a loss of –0.39% percent or –92.41 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 27,325.40 with a loss of  –1.03% percent or –283.76  point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 3,039.67 up with  +0.31% percent or  +9.51  point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 41,170.12 with a loss of –0.37% percent or –152.88 point at 12:15 PM.Germany’s DAX is trading at 13,659.65 with a loss of – 0.037% percent or –4.99 point. France’s CAC 40 is trading at 6,054.61 with a loss of –0.13% percent or –7.69 point. The Stoxx Europe 600 is trading at 429.43 with a loss of -0.18% percent or -0.76   point.

Friday’s Factors and Events

European stocks slipped on Friday, as worries about the coronavirus spreading beyond China offset indications the economy is improving.

The Stoxx Europe 600 SXXP, -0.17%  fell 0.4% to 428.33, as banks including UniCredit UCG, -3.38%  and oil producers including BP BP, -1.89%  declined.

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Thursday Activity

For the day the Dow is trading at 29,219.98 with a loss of –0.44% percent or –128.05   point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,373.23  with a loss of –0.47% percent or –12.92 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 9,750.96 with a loss of –0.67% percent or –66.21 point.


Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,696.07 up with +0.21% percent or +3.50 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 1,020.96 up with +0.46% percent or +4.65 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 2,106.12 up with +0.36% percent or +7.55 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,511.27 with a loss of –0.50% percent or –7.67 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 1,978.55 with a loss of –0.29% percent or  ?5.71 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,869.21 with a loss of –0.32% or –6.02 point.