The U.S.Dollar Index is trading at 92.62 up with +0.02% percent or +0.01 point.The Dow Futures is trading at 34,526.50 with +0.04% percent or +12.50 point.The S&P 500 Futures is trading at +12.50 with +2.37 percent or -10.88 point.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 14,574.60 with +0.18% percent or +26.12 point.
TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS
The dollar clung to recent gains on Wednesday as virus woes raised concerns in a market already on edge ahead of U.S. jobs data seen as crucial to the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy outlook.
Risk-sensitive commodity currencies had led overnight losses, with the Australian and New Zealand dollars each dropping about 0.7%. The euro fell 0.2% overnight while the safe-havens of Japanese yen and the Swiss franc held steady.
PREVIOUS DAY ACTIVITY
For the day the Dow is trading at 34,633.53 with +percent or +131.02 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 4,319.94 up with + percent or +22.44 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 14,522.38 up with + percent or +18.42 point.
WORLD MARKETS
Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 2,329.36 with 0.81% percent or 18.81 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 1,383.77 with 0.65% percent or +8.93 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 2,717.04 up with + percent or +20.92 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,974.69 up with + percent or +9.94 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 2,583.20 with percent or +12.54 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 2,432.37 up with + or +11.23 point.