Dow Futures Update : 08 April 2022

U.S. stock highere in pre-market trading for April 08.The Dow Futures is trading at 34,753.50 with +0.49% percent or +169.90 point.The S&P 500 Futures is  trading at 4,523.70 up with +0.52% percent or +23.50 point.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 14,619.50 up with +0.60% percent or +87.70 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 26,920.26  with 0.12% percent or +31.45 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 21,774.06 with a loss of –0.16% ercent or -34.92 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 3,253.09 with 0.51% percent or +16.30 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 58,925.54 with a loss of –0.19% percent or -109.41 point at 12:15 PM.For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 7,551.81 with a loss of –0.47% percent or -35.89  point. France’s CAC 40 closed at 6,461.68 with a loss of –0.57% percent or ?37.15 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 14,078.15 with a loss of –0.52% percent or -73.54 point.

 

 

FRIDAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

The European blue chip index closed slightly lower on Thursday despite having been up by around 0.8% at one stage, as volatility continued following details of the Fed’s plans to tighten its balance sheet and hike interest rates to contain runaway inflation.

 

 

THURSDAY ACTIVITY

For the day the Dow is trading at 34,583.57 with 0.25% percent or +87.06 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 4,500.21 with 0.43% percent or +19.06 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 13,897.30 up with 0.061% percent or +8.48   point.

 

Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed a 2,009.80 with a loss of –0.35%  percent or  -7.14 point. the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 1,280.51 with a loss of -0.063% percent or ??0.81 point. the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 2,619.17 with a loss of –0.21% percent or ?5.45 point. the S&P 100 Index closed at 2,066.33 up with +0.39% percent or  +7.97 point.the Russell 3000 Index closed at 2,605.67  up with 0.32% percent or +8.29  point. the Russell 1000 Index closed at 2,479.62 up with +0.36% or +8.94 point.