The U.S.Dollar Index is trading at 91.92 up with +0.32% percent or +0.29 point.The Dow Futures is trading at 30,801.00 with a loss of -0.25% percent or -77.00 point.The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 3,754.62 with a loss of -0.29% percent or -10.88 point.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 12,415.20 with a loss of -0.32% percent or -39.75 point.
TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS
The dollar held firmly near three-month highs on Friday after surging overnight as Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell stuck with dovish rhetoric despite a recent spike in bond market volatility.
The U.S. currency soared the most in a month after Powell said the violent sell-off in Treasuries last week was “notable and caught my attention” but was not “disorderly” or likely to push long-term rates so high the Fed might have to intervene more forcefully.
PREVIOUS DAY ACTIVITY
For the day the Dow is trading at 30,932.37 with a loss of –percent or –469.64 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,811.15 with a loss of – percent or –18.19 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 13,192.35 up with percent or +72.92 point.
WORLD MARKETS
Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 2,146.92 with a loss of -2.76% percent or -60.87 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 1,272.27 with a loss of –1.94% percent or −25.20 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 2,453.30 with a loss of –2.17% percent or −54.54 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,713.77 with a loss of -1.14% percent or 19.82 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 2,268.02 with a loss of – 1.59%percent or −36.67 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 2,127.84 with a loss of –1.50% or −32.46 point