The U.S. Dollar Index is trading at 94.23 with a loss of -0.33% percent or -0.32 point. The Dow Futures is trading at 26,506.00 up with +0.17% percent or +44.00 point. The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 2,917.50 up with +0.09% percent or +2.50 point. The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 7,535.00 up with +0.11% percent or +8.50 point.
TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS
The dollar hovered near a seven-week low against a basket of major currencies on Thursday, its safe-haven appeal lessened by fading fears about a trade row between China and the United States.
After a knee-jerk reaction to new tariffs announced by Washington and Beijing on Tuesday, currency markets are settling down and expecting the fallout will take some time to show up in corporate earnings and not produce a sharp global shock.
PREVIOUS DAY ACTIVITY
For the day the Dow is trading at 26,405.76 up with +0.61% percent or +158.80 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,907.95 up with +0.13% percent or +3.64 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 7,950.04 with a loss of -0.076% percent or -6.07 point.
WORLD MARKETS
Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,702.93 with a loss of -0.47% percent or -8.04 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 1,070.30 with a loss of -0.71% percent or -7.70 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 2,030.26 with a loss of -0.32% percent or -6.47 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,288.15 up with +0.25% percent or +3.24 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 1,724.38 up with +0.024% percent or +0.41 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,611.88 up with +0.064% percent or +1.04 point;