Prior to opening bell this morning, stock futures were posting on the greener
side of things. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, as well as the Nasdaq and the
S&P 500 futures were posting on the positive side of break-even. This
presentation comes just one day after an attention grabbing sell-off in the
latter half of Thursdays trading session in the U.S. Investors have observed
more negative than positive this week in the stock market, and many are hoping
the positive trends this morning hold through the remainder of the last days
trading session. It will be a challenge though as indicators across global
markets were weak. Primary indicators in the Asian marketplace were red across
the board The Shanghai Composite, Hang Seng and Nikkei finished todays session
red. European indicators were weaker as well. The CAC 40, FTSE 100 and DAX
closed red today as well. As the session reached the mid-day mark in the U.S.,
the primary index composites were on the negative side of break-even. The Dow
Jones Industrial Average was negative by .02 at 11,755.83. The Nasdaq was red by
.59 percent at 2572.88 and the S&P 500 index was red by .17 percent at 1214.10.
Trends in the U.S. are choppy but the negative weight of the global indicators
is sure to pull the indices in the U.S. lower to close the week. Frank Matto
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