The U.S. Dollar Index is trading at 95.70  with a loss of -0.14% percent or -0.13 point.The Dow Futures is trading at 26,820.00  up with +0.70% percent or +187.00 point. The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 3,269.62 up  with +0.75% percent or +24.37 point.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 11,047.40 up with +0.88% percent or +96.38 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

The euro slipped against the dollar on Monday, as investors booked profits on earlier gains that took it to a more than four-month high on hopes the European Union would agree on a recovery fund for economies in the region hit by the COVID-19 pandemic.

PREVIOUS DAY ACTIVITY

For the day the Dow is trading at 26,680.87  up with +0.033% percent or +8.92 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,251.84 up with +0.84% percent or +27.11 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 10,767.09  up with +2.51%percent or +263.90 point.

WORLD MARKETS
Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,467.95  with a loss of –0.36% percent or -5.36 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 841.87  with  a loss of –0.63% percent or −5.31 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 1,825.67  with a loss of -0.59% percent or −10.88 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,504.11 up with +1.31% percent or  +19.40  point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 1,899.02 up with +0.87% percent or +16.44 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,805.95 up with +0.95% or  +16.95 point.