The U.S. Dollar Index is trading at 96.22 up with +0.01% percent or +0.01 point. The Dow Futures is trading at 26,482.50 with a loss of -0.25% percent or -67.50 point. The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 2,922.12 up with +0.14% percent or +4.12 point. The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 7,665.50 up with +0.20% percent or +15.50 point.
TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS
he dollar extended its recovery on Thursday, gaining versus the yen and euro, on hopes the United States and China will agree a trade truce before a G20 summit in Japan this weekend.
The two countries have agreed to a tentative truce in their trade dispute, Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post said, citing sources, before U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping leaders meet on Saturday.
That supported buying of the dollar, which had weakened in recent weeks on expectations the Federal Reserve would cut interest rates and buying of safe-haven currencies such as the Japanese yen by investors worried about the trade conflict.
PREVIOUS DAY ACTIVITY
For the day the Dow is trading at 26,536.82 with a loss of -0.043% percent or -11.40 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,913.78 with a loss of -0.12% percent or -3.60 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 7,909.97 up with +0.32% percent or +25.25 point.
WORLD MARKETS
Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,517.78 with a loss of -0.21% percent or -3.26 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 922.64 up with +0.049% percent or +0.45 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 1,898.62 with a loss of -0.14% percent or -2.71 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,288.83 up with +0.017% percent or +0.22 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 1,709.91 with a loss of -0.13% percent or -2.20 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,611.56 with a loss of -0.12% or -1.98 point.