The U.S. Dollar Index is trading at 96.53  with a loss of -0.13% percent or -0.13 point.The Dow Futures is trading at 26,119.00 up with +0.55% percent or +142.00 point. The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 3,192.12 up with +0.43% percent or +13.62 point.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 10,897.80 up with +0.56%  percent or +60.50 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

The U.S. dollar edged down in Asian trade on Monday as investors looked to looming economic data from around the world and U.S. corporate earnings to gauge whether the markets’ guarded optimism on the economic outlook is justified.

The greenback had ended its third week of losses on Friday as investors bought into risk-sensitive currencies on bets that the worst of the pandemic’s sweeping impact was over.

PREVIOUS DAY ACTIVITY

For the day the Dow is trading at 26,075.30 up with +1.44% percent or +369.21 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,185.04 up with +1.05% percent or +32.99  point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 10,617.44 up with +0.66% percent or +69.69 point.

WORLD MARKETS
Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,422.68 up with +1.70% percent or +23.76 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 817.37 up with 2.19% percent or +17.51  point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 1,772.98 up with +1.39% percent or +24.37 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,481.96 up with +1.09% percent or +15.92  point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 1,858.09  up with 1.09% percent or +20.01 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,858.09 up with +1.09% or +18.43  point.