U.S INDEX MARKET
The U.S. Dollar Index is trading at 91.52 with a loss of -0.06% percent or -0.05 point. The Dow Futures is trading at 24,358.00 up with +0.31% percent or +75.00 point. The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 2,677.75 up with +0.23% percent or +6.25 point. The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 6,700.75 up with +0.46% percent or +31.00 point.
TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS
The dollar held steady against a basket of major currencies on Monday after pulling back slightly from a 3-1/2-month high last week, pressured by a decline in the benchmark U.S. 10-year Treasury yield.
The dollar’s index against a basket of six major currencies stood at 91.561, steady on the day but down from Friday’s high of 91.986, its strongest level since Jan. 11.
The dollar index had risen more than 1.3 percent last week for its biggest weekly gain in over two months, after the U.S. 10-year Treasury yield rose above the psychologically key 3.0 percent threshold to four-year highs.
PREVIOUS DAY ACTIVITY
U.S. market were mixed on Friday.For the day the Dow is trading at 24,311.19 with a loss of -0.046% percent or -11.15 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,669.91 up with +0.11% percent or +2.97 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 7,119.80 up with +0.016% percent or +1.12 point.
Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,556.24 with a loss of -0.11% percent or -1.66 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 956.18 with a loss of -0.26% percent or −2.52 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 1,892.23 with a loss of -0.16% percent or −2.98 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,169.90 up with +0.062% percent or +0.73 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 1,582.64 up with +0.074% percent or +1.17 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,480.04 up with +0.089% percent or +1.32 point;