The U.S.Dollar Index is trading at 93.64 with a loss of -0.22% percent or –0.20 point.The Dow Futures is trading at 27,780.00 up with +0.78% percent or +215.00 point. The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 3,365.12 up with +0.77% percent or +25.87 point.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 11,352.80 up with +1.06% percent or +119.50 point.
TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS
The dollar index slipped slightly on Monday but was little changed from Friday’s close as financial markets waited for news about U.S. President Donald Trump’s health and developments in fiscal aid talks in Washington.
Trump said on Friday that he had tested positive for COVID-19, triggering investor flight to safer assets and a stock market sell-off.
But early in the Asian session, Trump made a surprise appearance in a motorcade outside the hospital where he is being treated, which helped improve risk appetite.
PREVIOUS DAY ACTIVITY
For the day the Dow is trading at 27,682.81 with a loss of –percent or ?134.09 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,348.44 with a loss of – percent or –32.36 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 11,075.02 with a loss of – percent or 251.49 point.
WORLD MARKETS
Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,539.30 up with +0.53% percent or +8.09 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 876.58 up with +1.05% percent or +9.11 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 1,902.79 up with percent or +17.85 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,547.08 with a loss of – percent or −22.80 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 1,966.37 with a loss of percent or –16.47 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,868.62 with a loss of –or –17.20 point