Dow Futures Update : 16 March 2022

U.S. stock lower in pre-market trading for March 16.The Dow Futures is trading at 33,838.00 with +0.88% percent or +293.70 point.The S&P 500 Futures is  trading at 4,309.50 with +1.10% percent or +47.00 point.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 13,684.60 UP with +1.68% percent or +226.00 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 25,762.01 up with +1.64% percent or +415.53 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 20,002.60  with +8.62% percent or +1,587.52 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 3,167.77 with a loss of -3,167.72 percent or -101.25  point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 56,595.26 up with +1.47% percent or +818.41  point at 12:15 PM.For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 7,175.70 with a loss of –0.25% percent or -17.77 point. France’s CAC 40 closed at 6,355.00 with a loss of –0.23% percent or  14.94 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 13,917.27 with a loss of –0.085% percent or -11.84   point.

TUESDAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

The U.S. Federal Reserve is also in focus this week as it is expected to raise its target fed funds rate by a quarter percentage point at the end of its two-day meeting which starts on Tuesday.

MONDAY ACTIVITY

For the day the Dow is trading at 33,544.34 up with +1.82% percent or +599.10 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 4,262.45 up with +2.14% percent or +89.34 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 12,948.62 up with +2.92% percent or +367.40 point.

Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed a 1,968.97 up with +1.40% percent or  +27.25 point. the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 1,282.98 up with 1.05% percent or +13.36  point. the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 2,585.33 with +1.50% percent or +38.18  point. the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,953.78 up with +2.36% percent or  +44.99 point.the Russell 3000 Index closed at 2,472.12 with 2.07% percent or +50.10  point. the Russell 1000 Index closed at 2,347.69 up with +2.11% or +48.55  point.