Dow Futures Update : 03 Feb 2022

U.S. stock higher in pre-market trading for Feb  03.The Dow Futures is trading at 33,967.2 with -0.25% percent or -86.7 point..The S&P 500 Futures is  trading at 4,149.60 with a loss of -0.72% percent or -30.20 point.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 12,608.1 with a loss of -1.52% percent or -195.0 point..

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 27,364.79 with 0.065% percent or +17.91 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 22,156.99 with 0.38% percent or +84.81 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 3,294.51 with 0.29% percent or +9.59 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 59,303.39 with a loss of  –0.68% percent or ?404.69 point at 12:15 PM.For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 7,820.16 up with +0.76% percent or +59.05 point. France’s CAC 40 closed at 7,166.27 with 1.26% percent or +89.16 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 15,509.19 up with +2.16% percent or +328.45 point.

 

FRIDAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

The Bank of England also hiked rates by half a percentage point as expected, but dropped the word “forcefully” from its language on future hiking, signaling that the end of monetary policy tightening could be near. The Bank also forecast a “much shallower” decline in output than previously projected.

 

THURSDAY ACTIVITY

For the day the Dow is trading at 34,092.96 up with 0.020% percent or +6.92  point. The S&P 500 is trading at 4,130.00with +0.26% percent or +10.80 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 11,816.32 up with 1.67% percent or +190.74 point.

Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed a 2,001.22 up with +2.06% percent or +40.41 point. the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 1,315.82 up with 2.38% percent or +30.64 point. the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 2,726.61 up with 1.16% percent or +31.17 point. the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,872.43 with 1.95% percent or +35.85  point.the Russell 3000 Index closed at 2,001.22 up with 2.06% percent or +40.41 point. the Russell 1000 Index closed at 2,305.00 up with 1.53% or +34.73  point.