U.S. stock-index futures rose moderately on Thursday, as investors feared that U.S. President’s surprise threat to set tariffs on all imports from Mexico, amid a worsening trade war with China, could risk sending the world’s largest economy into a recession.
Global Stocks:
Index/commodity | Last | Today's Change, points | Today's Change, % |
Nikkei | 20,601.19 | -341.34 | -1.63% |
Hang Seng | 26,901.09 | -213.79 | -0.79% |
Shanghai | 2,898.70 | -7.11 | -0.24% |
S&P/ASX | 6,396.90 | +4.80 | +0.08% |
FTSE | 7,146.39 | -71.77 | -0.99% |
CAC | 5,179.48 | -69.43 | -1.32% |
DAX | 11,700.78 | -201.30 | -1.69% |
Crude oil | $55.31 | -2.26% | |
Gold | $1,301.70 | +0.72% |