The U.S.Dollar Index is trading at 92.06 up with +0.18% percent or +0.17 point.The Dow Futures is trading at 34,195.00 up with +0.09% percent or +31.00 point.The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 4,278.38 with a loss of -0.05% percent or -2.12 point.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 14,489.20 with a loss of -0.16% percent or -23.25 point.
TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS
The dollar index, which tracks the greenback against a basket of six major currencies, added 0.1% to 91.966 in Asia, slowly closing the gap to the high of 92.408 reached on June 18 after the Federal Open Market Committee shocked markets by predicting two interest rate hikes by end-2023.
PREVIOUS DAY ACTIVITY
For the day the Dow is trading at 33,876.97 up with +percent or +586.89 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 4,224.79 up with + percent or +58.34 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 14,141.48 with + percent or +111.10 point.
WORLD MARKETS
Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 2,322.34 with a loss of -0.52% percent or -12.06 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 1,374.93 with a loss of -1.00% percent or -13.83 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 2,699.85 with a loss of – percent or –26.63 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 2,699.85 with a loss of – percent or −26.63 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 2,569.87 with +percent or +3.94 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 2,419.44 up with + or +4.90 point.