U.S. stock futures lower in pre-market trading for , July 25 The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 8,009.38  with a loss of -0.34% percent or -27.62 point.The Dow Futures is trading at 27,276.50  up with +0.15% percent or +39.50 point.  The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 3,019.62  with a loss of  -0.05% percent or -1.38 point.

In overnight trading in the Eastern Hemisphere, In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 21,756.55   up with +0.22% percent or +46.98 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 28,583.19  up with +0.21% percent or +59.15 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 2,937.36 up with +0.48% percent or +14.08 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 37,827.23   with a loss of -0.054%percent or -20.42 point at 12:15 PM.The FTSE 100 is trading at 7,508.02  up with +0.087% percent or +6.55 point. Germany’s DAX is trading at 12,506.01  with a loss of -0.14% percent or -17.78 point. France’s CAC 40 is trading at 5,619.94  up with +0.25% percent or +14.08 point. The Stoxx Europe 600 is trading at 392.16    up with +0.09% percent or +0.37 point.

Thursday’s Factors and Events

  • At around 3:50 a.m. ET, the yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note, which moves inversely to price, was lower at 2.0236% while the yield on the 30-year Treasury bond slipped to 2.5596%.
  • The European Central Bank (ECB) is set to announce its latest monetary policy decision Thursday, with some traders speculating that President Mario Draghi could revise the central bank’s guidance to signal a September rate cut.

Wednesday Activity

For the day The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 8,321.50 up  with +0.85% percent or +70.10 point.the Dow is trading at 27,269.97 with a loss of -0.29% percent or -79.22 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,019.56 up with +0.47% percent or +14.09 point.

Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,580.42  up with +1.64% percent or +25.46 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 962.84 up with +1.68% percent or +15.92 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 1,983.80  up with +1.41% percent or +27.60 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,334.49 up with +0.45% percent or +6.00 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 1,776.43  up with +0.61% percent or +10.81 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,673.93  up with +0.54% or +8.99 point.