Dow Futures Update : 21 July 2021

U.S. stock higher in pre-market trading for July 21.The Dow Futures is trading at 34,605.50 up with +0.60% percent or +205.50 point. The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 4,333.88 with +0.43% percent or +18.38 point.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 14,738.80 up with +0.11% percent or +16.00 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 27,519.19 up with +0.48% percent or +131.03 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 27,098.54 with a loss of –0.59% percent or –160.71 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 3,559.72 with a loss of –0.65% percent or +22.93 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 52,198.51 with a loss of –0.68% percent or –354.89 point at 12:15 PM.For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 6,881.13 up with +0.54% percent or +36.74 point. France’s CAC 40 closed at 6,346.85 up with +0.81% percent or +50.88 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 15,216.27 up with +0.55% percent or +83.07 point.

Wednesday’s Factors and Events

the one-year Loan Prime Rate (LPR) held steady at 3.85% while the five-year LPR was also left at 4.65%. Majority of traders and analysts in a snap poll expected no change to both the one-year or five-year LPR, according to Reuters.

Tuesday Activity

For the day the Dow is trading at 34,511.99 up with +1.62% percent or +549.95 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 4,323.06 up with +1.52% percent or +64.57 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 14,498.88 up with +1.57% percent or +223.89 point.

Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 2,194.30 up with +2.99% percent or +63.62 point. the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at1,310.38 up with +2.94% percent or +37.38 point. the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 2,642.18 up with +2.77% percent or +71.15 point. the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,988.66 with 1.31% percent or +25.75 point.the Russell 3000 Index closed at 2,570.17 up with +1.73% percent or +43.60 point. the Russell 1000 Index closed at 2,429.52 up with +1.64% or +39.20 point.