US PRE MARKET
The US Dollar Index are trading at 94.30 with a loss of -0.23% percent or -0.22 point. The cac 40 index are trading at 5,338.83 with a loss of –0.05% percent or –2.80 point . The DAX Index are trading at 13,071.61 with a loss of –0.02% percent or –2.81 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Index are trading at 3,569.37 with a loss of –0.14% percent or –5.15 point.
TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS
The dollar edged lower against the other major currencies on Tuesday, as investors remained cautious amid ongoing uncertainty over the fate of a U.S. tax reform plan and ahead of a series of speeches by central bank officials.
Market participants were looking ahead to speeches by Bank of England Governor Mark Carney, Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda and Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen, due later in the day.
Investors also continued to monitor developments in the U.S., where Senate Republicans unveiled a tax plan on Thursday that differed from the one crafted by House Republicans, highlighting the challenges to reconciling the differences between the two plans with just a short time before the year-end deadline they have set to pass it.
PREVIOUS DAY ACTIVITY
U.S. market were higher on Monday. For the day the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 23,439.70 for up with +0.07% percent or +17.49 point. The S&P 500 closed at 2,584.84 for up with +0.10% percent or +2.54 point. The Nasdaq Composite closed at 6,757.60 for up with +0.10% percent or +6.66 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 895.04 for up with +0.14% percent or +1.27 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 1,828.93 for up with +0.17% percent or +3.18 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,140.82 for up with +0.04% percent or +0.43 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at1,528.85 for up with +0.09% percent or +1.36 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,431.97 for up with +0.10% percent or +1.39 point; and the Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend Index closed at 23,439.70 for up with +0.07% percent or +17.49 point.