The U.S.Dollar Index is trading at 90.37 up with +0.15% percent or +0.14 point.The Dow Futures is trading at 31,076.00 up with +0.38% percent or +117.00 point. The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 3,779.62 with a loss of -0.31% percent or -11.63 point.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 12,886.60 with a loss of -0.11% percent or -14.38 point.
TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS
The dollar’s rebound from a nearly three-year low faltered after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said on Thursday that interest rates would not rise any time soon.
The release of details of President-elect Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion stimulus later that day failed to give the greenback additional support, with the main points of the plan already reported by the media.
PREVIOUS DAY ACTIVITY
For the day the Dow is trading at 30,991.52 with a loss of –percent or -68.95 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,795.54 with a loss of – percent or –14.30 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 13,112.64 with a loss of – percent or -16.31 point.
WORLD MARKETS
Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 2,155.35 up with +2.05% percent or +43.38 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 1,232.70 up with + percent or +27.54 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 2,448.38 up with + percent or +22.30 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,729.74 with a loss of – percent or −9.93 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 2,292.02 with a loss of percent or −3.13 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 2,151.42 with a loss of –or −6.38 point