Dow Futures Update : 01 April 2022

U.S. stock lower in pre-market trading for April 31.The Dow Futures is trading at 34,843.60 with +0.48% percent or +165.20 point.The S&P 500 Futures is  trading at 4,551.80 up with +0.47% percent or +21.40 point.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 14,906.60 up with +0.46% percent or +68.10 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 27,683.10 with a loss of  –0.50% percent or 138.33 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 21,835.90 with a loss of –0.73% ercent or –160.95point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 3,279.10 with 0.83% percent or +26.90 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 58,810.55 up with 0.41% percent or +242.04   point at 12:15 PM.For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 7,515.68 up with +0.00% percent or +0.00  point. France’s CAC 40 closed at 6,659.87 with a loss of –1.21% percent or –81.72 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 14,414.75 with a loss of –1.31% percent or –191.30  point.

 

 

FRIDAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

Shares in Asia-Pacific were mixed in the first trading day of the new quarter as a private survey showed Chinese manufacturing activity shrank in March.

Chinese tech stocks in Hong Kong saw sizable losses on Friday, with Alibaba falling 2.14% and Baidu plunging 4.45%. JD.com shed 2.14%. The Hang Seng Tech index declined 0.74% to 4,524.25.

 

 

THURSDAY ACTIVITY

For the day the Dow is trading at 35,228.81 with a loss of –0.19% percent or –65.38 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 4,602.45 with a loss of –0.63% percent or –29.15  point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 14,442.27 with a loss of –1.21% percent or –177.36   point.

Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed a 2,070.13  up with1.00% percent or  -20.94 point. the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 1,318.54 with a loss of –1.04% percent or ?13.81  point. the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 2,693.66 with a loss of –1.43% percent or ?38.94 point. the S&P 100 Index closed at 2,085.75 with a loss of –1.65% percent or  ?34.97 point.the Russell 3000 Index closed at 2,631.72 with a loss of –1.52% percent or ?40.71  point. the Russell 1000 Index closed at 2,631.72 with a loss of –1.52% or ?40.71 point.