Nasdaq Futures Update : 16 Feb 2022

U.S. stock higher in pre-market trading for Feb  16.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 12,713.6 with  +0.20% percent or +25.7 point.The Dow Futures is trading at 34,005.7 with -0.04% percent or -14.9 point.The S&P 500 Futures is  trading at 4,151.40 with +0.09% percent or +3.80 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 27,471.56 with 0.48% percent or ?131.21 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 20,828.43 with 1.35% ercent or ?285.33 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 3,281.76 with 0.35% percent or -11.52  point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 61,048.52 with 0.027% percent or +16.26 point at 12:15 PM.For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 7,953.85 with 0.079% percent or +6.25 point. France’s CAC 40 closed at 7,213.81 with 0.072% percent or +5.22 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 15,380.56 with 0.11% percent or -16.78 point.

THURSDAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

Asia Pacific markets traded lower on Wednesday after the release of U.S. inflation data that came in hotter-than-expected. It further raised expectations that the U.S. Federal Reserve will continue to raise interest rates to curb inflation.

WEDNESDAY ACTIVITY

For the day The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 12,070.59  with 0.92% percent or +110.45 point.the Dow is trading at 34,128.05 with 0.11% percent or +38.78 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 4,147.60 with 0.28% percent or +11.47 point. 

Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed a 1,960.97 with 1.09% percent or 21.06 point. the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 1,289.44 with 0.98% percent or +12.53 point. the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 2,688.53 up with 0.66% percent or +17.51 point. the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,859.74 with 0.20% percent or +3.79 point.the Russell 3000 Index closed at 2,411.47 up with 0.46% percent or +11.10 point. the Russell 1000 Index closed at 2,287.01 with 0.42% or +9.61  point.