U.S. stock lower in pre-market trading for,March 26.The Dow Futures is trading at 32,587.00 with +0.26% percent or +86.00 point.The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 3,911.62 up with +0.29% percent or +11.12 point.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 12,808.10 with +0.29% percent or +37.62 point.
In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 29,135.88 up with +1.41%percent or +406.00 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 28,397.45 up with 1.78% percent or +497.84 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 3,421.21 up with +1.71% percent or +57.62 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 49,113.81 up with percent or +673.69 point at 12:15 PM.For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 6,674.83 with a loss of -0.57%percent or ?38.06 point. France’s CAC 40 closed at 5,952.41 up with +0.086%percent or ++5.12 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 14,621.36 up with +0.075% percent or +10.97 point.
Friday’s Factors and Events
Saul said the Social Security Administration was initially limited in how much it could do based on how its role is defined by the Social Security Act and the terms outlined in the American Rescue Plan Act.
“Once we were free to move forward, we aggressively worked with Treasury and IRS to issue payments,” Saul said.
The Social Security Administration said it began working with the IRS on March 17 to get those files to them.
Thursday Activity
For the day the Dow is trading at 32,619.48 up with +0.62%percent or +199.42point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,909.52 up with +0.52% percent or +20.38 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 12,977.68 up with +0.12% percent or +15.79 point.
Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 2,183.12 up with +2.29% percent or +48.86 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 1,299.99 up with 2.62% percent or +33.16point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 2,567.03 up with +2.05% percent or +51.56 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,771.45 with +0.31% percent or +5.48 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 2,344.58 up with 0.67%percent or +15.61 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 2,202.46 up with +0.55% or +12.08 point