The U.S. Dollar Index is trading at 96.75 up with +0.12% percent or +0.11 point. The Dow Futures is trading at 25,859.50 up with +0.18% percent or +45.50 point. The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 2,796.38 up with +0.17% percent or +4.88 point. The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 7,158.75 up with +0.18% percent or +13.00 point.
TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS
The dollar stood close to a two-week high against key peers on Tuesday, shored up by a resilient U.S. economy and a flagging euro ahead of a European Central Bank policy meeting.
Higher U.S. bond yields kept the dollar well bid, and though rates were off overnight peaks, traders bet the greenback had more going for it than some of its peers.
The euro remained wobbly before the ECB meeting on Thursday. The ECB is facing growing pressure to address how to protect the euro zone economy from a protracted slowdown.
PREVIOUS DAY ACTIVITY
For the day the Dow is trading at 25,819.65 with a loss of -0.79% percent or -206.67 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,792.81 with a loss of -0.39% percent or -10.88 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 7,577.57 with a loss of -0.23% percent or -17.79 point.
WORLD MARKETS
Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,575.44 with a loss of -0.89% percent or -14.20 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 969.12 with a loss of -0.99% percent or -9.67 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 1,915.93 with a loss of -0.49% percent or -9.42 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,229.43 with a loss of -0.24% percent or -3.00 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 1,652.76 with a loss of -0.47% percent or -7.85 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,549.31 with a loss of -0.44% percent or -6.83 point.