Dow Futures Update : 23 August 2021

U.S. stock lower in pre-market trading for Aug 23.The Dow Futures is trading at 35,270.00 with +0.43% percent or +149.90 point.The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 4,455.80 with +0.32% percent or +14.10 point.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 15,142.00 up with +0.33% percent or +49.40 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 27,494.24 up with +1.78% percent or +480.99 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 25,110.53 up with +1.05% percent or +260.81 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 3,477.40 up with +1.46% percent or +50.07 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 55,527.92 up with +0.36% percent or +198.60 point at 12:15 PM.For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 7,087.90 up  with +0.41% percent or +29.04 point. France’s CAC 40 closed at 6,626.11 up with +0.31% percent or +20.22 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 15,808.04 up with +0.27% percent or +42.23 point.

MONDAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

Coinbase jumped 3.2% in premarket trading, with the cryptocurrency exchange’s stock benefiting from bitcoin rising to its highest level since early May. Shares of the business analytics company MicroStrategy (MSTR) – which has extensive bitcoin holdings – rallied 3.9%.

FRIDAY ACTIVITY

For the day the Dow is trading at 34,894.12 with a loss of –0.19% percent or -66.57 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 4,405.80 up with +0.13% percent or +5.53 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 14,541.79 up with +0.11% percent or +15.87 point.

Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 2,167.60 up with +1.65% percent or +35.18 point. the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 1,320.96 up with +1.57% percent or +20.42 point. the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 2,675.67 up with +1.57% percent or +20.42 point. the S&P 100 Index closed at 2,041.48 up with +0.91% percent or +18.49 point.the Russell 3000 Index closed at 2,625.09 up with +0.90% percent or +23.54 point. the Russell 1000 Index closed at 2,487.04 up with +0.86% or +21.10 point.