Dollar Index Update : 27 Aug 2021

The U.S.Dollar Index  is trading at 93.00  with a loss of -0.07% percent or -0.06 point.The Dow Futures is trading at 35,289.90 up with +0.22% percent or +76.80 point.The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 4,482.70 up  with +0.29% percent or +12.80 point.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 15,328.50 with +0.33% percent or +50.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

The dollar held firm on Friday after the U.S. Federal Reserve’s hawkish wing called for tapering bond purchases as investors looked to a highly-anticipated speech by Fed Chair Jerome Powell later in the day.

PREVIOUS DAY ACTIVITY

For the day the Dow is trading at 35,213.12 with a loss of –0.54%percent or ?192.38 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 4,470.00 with a loss of –0.58% percent or –26.19 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 14,945.81  with a loss of –0.64% percent or –96.05 point.

WORLD MARKETS

Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed  at  2,213.98 with a loss of -1.13% percent or -25.29 point. the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 1,335.85 with a loss of -1.18% percent or -16.01 point. the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 2,716.69  with a loss of –0.90% percent or −24.70 point. the S&P 100 Index closed at 2,051.39  with a loss of –0.55% percent or –11.29 point.the Russell 3000 Index closed at 2,649.81 with a loss of –0.63% percent or −16.67 point. the Russell 1000 Index closed at 2,508.48  with a loss of –0.59% or –14.91 point.