Nasdaq Futures Opening Update as on 29 November 2018

U.S. stock futures lower  in pre-market trading for , November 29.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 6,883.00  with  a loss of -0.51% percent or -34.50 point.The Dow Futures is trading at 25,278.00  with a loss of -0.26% percent or -66.00 point.  The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 2,733.25 with a loss of  -0.30% percent or -8.25 point.

In overnight trading in the Eastern Hemisphere,Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 22,262.60 up with +0.39% percent or+85.58 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 26,483.96  with a loss of -0.74% percent or -198.60 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 2,567.44 with a loss of -1.32% percent or  -34.29 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 36,139.01 up with +1.18% percent or +422.06 point at 12:15 PM.The FTSE 100 is trading at 7,052.91 up with +0.71% percent or+49.54 point. Germany’s DAX is trading at 11,322.11 up with  +0.21% percent or +23.23 point. France’s CAC 40 is trading at 5,013.03 up with +0.60% percent or +29.79  point. The Stoxx Europe 600 is trading at 358.56 up with +0.33% percent or +1.34 point.

Thursday’s Factors and Events

Sticking with the U.S. central bank, minutes from the last Federal Open Market Committee meeting, which took place earlier this month, are due out at 2 p.m. ET. Investors will be keeping a close eye on this release, to see if there are any further clues as to where monetary policy is heading. A number of Fed officials are also slated to speak in Boston, Massachusetts on Thursday.

Wednesday’s Activity

For the day The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 7,291.59  up with +2.95% percent or +208.89 point.the Dow is trading at 25,366.43 up with +2.50% percent or  +617.70 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,743.79 up with +2.30% percent or +61.62 point.

Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,530.38  up with  +2.51% percent or +37.53 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 961.11 up with +2.41% percent or +22.66 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 1,868.96  up with +1.96% percent or +35.88 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,216.09 up with +2.49% percent or +29.54 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 1,616.59   up with  +2.32% percent or +36.71 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,516.27  up with +2.31% percent or +34.22 point;