The U.S. Dollar Index is trading at 96.43 up with +1.31% percent or +1.25 point. The Dow Futures is trading at 25,229.00 with a loss of -0.40% percent or -102.00 point. The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 2,826.00 with a loss of -0.38% percent or -10.75 point. The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 7,392.75 with a loss of -0.46% percent or -34.25 point.
TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS
The euro slid to a fresh 13-month low and emerging market currencies slumped further on Monday, while the yen surged to a six-week high as the fallout from the Turkish lira’s crash pushed more investors into safe-haven currencies.
As investors dumped riskier assets in Asian trading and into the European open, the Swiss franc jumped to within a whisker of a one-year high against the euro.
PREVIOUS DAY ACTIVITY
For the day the Dow is trading at 25,313.14 with a loss of -0.77% percent or -196.09 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,833.28 with a loss of -0.71% percent or -20.30 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 7,839.11 up with -0.67% percent or -52.67 point.
WORLD MARKETS
In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 21,857.43 with a loss of -1.98% percent or -440.65 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 27,944.59 with a loss of -1.49% percent or -422.03 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 2,785.8 with a loss of -0.34% percent or -9.44 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 37,747.46 with a loss of -0.32% percent or -121.77 point at 12:15 PM.