The U.S. Dollar Index is trading at 99.39 up  with +0.04% percent or +0.04  point.The Dow Futures is trading at 21,807.00 with a loss of -2.42% percent or -541.00 point. The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 2,544.88  with a loss of -2.42% percent or -63.12 point.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 7,665.62  with a loss of -2.27% percent or –178.38 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

The dollar was on track for its biggest weekly decline in more than a decade on Friday, as trillions of dollars worth of stimulus efforts by governments and central banks helped temper a rout in global markets triggered by the coronavirus pandemic.

PREVIOUS DAY ACTIVITY

For the day the Dow is trading at 22,552.17 up with +6.38% percent or +1,351.62 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,630.07 up with +6.24% percent or +154.51 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 7,797.54 up  with +5.60% percent or  +413.24 point.

WORLD MARKETS
Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,180.32 up with +6.30% percent or +69.95  point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 700.66 up with +6.91% percent or +45.26  point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 700.66 up with +6.91% percent or +45.26  point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,204.50 up with +6.10% percent or +69.30  point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 1,517.57 up with +6.18% percent or +88.32 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,442.70 up with +6.17% or+83.87 point.