US PRE MARKET
The US Dollar Index are trading at 94.59 for up with +0.12% percent or +0.11 point. The cac 40 index are trading at 5,367.64 with a loss of -0.25% percent or –13.64 point . The DAX Index are trading at 13,111.12 with a loss of –0.12%percent or –16.35 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Index are trading at 3,589.67 with a loss of –0.11% percent or –4.09 point.
TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS
The dollar edged higher on Monday as last week’s spike in U.S. bond yields supported the currency, with sterling–battered by political headwinds–the biggest loser.
Sterling was down 0.7 percent at $1.3087, dropping away from an eight-day peak of $1.3229 scaled on Friday on better-than-expected British industry data.
PREVIOUS DAY ACTIVITY
U.S. market were lower on Friday. For the day the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 23,422.21 with a loss of -0.17% percent or –39.73 point. The S&P 500 closed at 2,582.30 with a loss of –0.09% percent or –2.32 point. The Nasdaq Composite closed at 6,750.94 for up with +0.01% percent or +0.89 point.
Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,475.27 for up with +0.02% percent or +0.26 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 893.77 for up with +0.07% percent or +0.61 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 1,825.75 with a loss of –0.02% percent or –0.45 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,140.39 with a loss of –0.15% percent or –1.68 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 1,527.49 with a loss of –0.06% percent or –0.91 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,430.57 with a loss of –0.07% percent or –0.94 point; and the Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend Index closed at 23,422.21 with a loss of –0.17% percent or –39.73 point.