The U.S.Dollar Index is trading at 90.52 with +0.00% percent or +0.00 point.The Dow Futures is trading at 34,303.00 up with +0.08% percent or +28.00 point.The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 4,251.62 up with +0.14% percent or +5.87 point.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 14,138.80 up with +0.15% percent or +21.50 point.
TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS
The dollar hovered below a one-month high compared with major peers on Tuesday ahead of a much-anticipated Federal Reserve meeting that could signal a change in the outlook for U.S. monetary policy.
The U.S. currency has been buoyed as traders closed short positions before the Fed’s two-day policy-setting confab, which kicks off on Tuesday.
PREVIOUS DAY ACTIVITY
For the day the Dow is trading at 34,393.75 with a loss of –percent or ?85.85 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 4,255.15 with + percent or +7.71 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 14,174.14 up with + percent or +104.72 point.
WORLD MARKETS
Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 2,326.15 with a loss of -0.41% percent or -9.66 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 1,387.32 with a loss of -0.64% percent or -8.93 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 2,726.42 with a loss of – percent or −25.75 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,937.21 up with + percent or +7.62 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 2,546.78 up with percent or +3.11 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 2,395.83 up with or +3.86 point.