U.S. stock lower in pre-market trading for,June 24.The Dow Futures is trading at 25,804.00 with a loss of -0.83% percent or -216.00 point.The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 3,096.62 with a loss of -0.70% percent or -21.88 point.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 10,156.20 with a loss of -0.39% percent or -39.75 point.
In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 22,534.32 with a loss of –0.065% percent or ?14.73 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 24,852.63 with a loss of –0.22% percent or –54.71 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 2,979.55 up with +0.30% percent or +8.93 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 35,574.24 up with +0.41% percent or +143.81 point at 12:15 PM.Germany’s DAX is trading at 12,304.50 with a loss of -.1.75% percent or -219.26 point. France’s CAC 40 is trading at 4,944.01 with a loss of –1.47% percent or –73.67 point. The Stoxx Europe 600 is trading at 362.00 with a loss of -1.47% percent or –5.40 point.
Wednesday’s Factors and Events
Housing starts jumped 4.3% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 974,000 units in May per a National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) press release. The metric compared quite favorably with the decline of 26.4% in April and 19% in March. On a year-over-year basis, housing starts were down 23.2% in May
Tuesday Activity
For the day the Dow is trading at 26,156.10 up with +0.50% percent or +131.14 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,131.29 up with +0.43% percent or +13.43 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 10,131.37 up with +0.74% percent or +74.89 point.
Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,439.34 with +0.41% percent or +5.81 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 828.10 up with +0.36% percent or +2.97 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 1,792.47 up with +0.12% percent or +2.13 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,442.82 up with +0.63% percent or +9.08 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 1,825.65 up with 0.40% percent or +7.31 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,734.13 up with +0.40% or +6.94 point.