The U.S. Dollar Index is trading at 99.20 up with +0.19% percent or +0.19 point.The Dow Futures is trading at 29,259.00 with a loss of -0.46% percent or -136.00 point. The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 3,367.88 with a loss of -0.39% percent or -13.12 point.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 9,557.88 with a loss of -0.77% percent or -74.37 point.
TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS
The euro weakened on Tuesday, close to the three-year low it fell to on Monday, before a German survey that’s expected to show a slump in investor confidence and fuel growing pessimism about the outlook for Europe’s largest economy.
The euro has lost 3.4% of its value against the U.S. dollar so far this year, after weak manufacturing and gross domestic product data from Germany suggested the euro zone is more vulnerable than previously thought, while the U.S. economy proved more resilient than the rest of the world.
PREVIOUS DAY ACTIVITY
For the day the Dow is trading at 29,398.08 with a loss of –0.086% percent or –25.23 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,380.16 up with +0.18% percent or +6.22 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 9,731.18 up with +0.20% percent or +19.21 point.
WORLD MARKETS
Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,687.58 up with -0.36% percent or -6.15 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 1,018.27 with a loss of –0.51% percent or -5.20 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 2,096.61 with a loss of –0.032% percent or -0.68 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,515.53 up with +0.15% percent or +2.30 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 1,979.52 up with +0.17% percent or +3.30 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,870.83 up with +0.20% or +3.79 point.