The U.S. Dollar Index is trading at 97.86 up with +0.01% percent or +0.01 point. The Dow Futures is trading at 27,670.50 up with +0.43% percent or +118.50 point. The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 3,102.12 with a loss of -0.39% percent or -12.13 point. The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 8,275.00 with a loss of -0.49% percent or -41.00 point.
TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS
The euro and Japanese yen on Tuesday largely held gains made against the dollar this week after disappointing manufacturing data and signs of new fronts in U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war rattled greenback investors.
Moves in currency markets were broadly contained, however, with volatility remaining low and investors not appearing to take much fright at news of U.S. tariffs on imports of metals from Argentina and Brazil and the threat of more tariffs on a range of European goods.
PREVIOUS DAY ACTIVITY
For the day the Dow is trading at 27,783.04 with a loss of –0.96% percent or –268.37 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,113.87 with a loss of –0.86% percent or ?27.11 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 8,567.99 with a loss of –1.12% percent or –97.48 point.
WORLD MARKETS
Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,607.58 with a loss of -1.04% percent or -16.92 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 981.57 with a loss of –1.20% percent or -11.94 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 1,995.86 with a loss of –0.71% percent or -14.29 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,387.38 with a loss of –0.80% percent or -11.25 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 1,825.53 with a loss of –0.90% percent or -16.52 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,721.45 with a loss of -1.04% or -15.40 point.