{"id":24623,"date":"2025-03-03T05:57:12","date_gmt":"2025-03-03T11:57:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eoption.com\/morning-preview-march-03-2025\/"},"modified":"2025-03-03T05:57:12","modified_gmt":"2025-03-03T11:57:12","slug":"morning-preview-march-03-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eoption.com\/morning-preview-march-03-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning Preview: March 03, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Early Look<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Monday, March 3, 2025<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Futures<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Up\/Down<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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%<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Last<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Dow<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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99.00<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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0.23%<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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43,988<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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S&P 500<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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22.25<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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0.38%<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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5,985<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Nasdaq<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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102.50<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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0.49%<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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21,022<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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After tumbling last week and February, U.S. stocks are looking at a higher open to kick off the new week and trading month as attention remains on tariffs and its potential impact on the slowing economy. Last week, the S&P 500 fell 0.98%, the Nasdaq declined 3.47%, and the Dow climbed 0.95% while for the month of February, the S&P 500 fell 1.43%, the Nasdaq declined 3.97%, and the Dow fell 1.58%. Stocks slipped last week after a meeting between the US and Ukraine went South, leading to the leader of Ukraine leaving the White House without a peace deal, while the latest Atlanta Fed GDPNow forecast showed the GDPNow model estimate for real GDP growth (seasonally adjusted annual rate) in the first quarter of 2025 is -1.5% on February 28, a big “about face” from the expected rise of +2.3% on February 19. The growth concerns, alongside stubbornly high inflation data, weighed on sentiment further. In tariff news today, Commerce Secretary Lutnick said Mexico\/Canada have done a reasonable job on the border; notes there will be tariffs on Mexico\/Canada on Tuesday but says President Trump will determine at what levels; China tariffs are set until they end fentanyl trafficking into the US – Fox News. In other news, Bitcoin prices jump over 9% to $92,500, off overnight highs above $94,800 (after falling as low as $78,273 on Friday morning) and Ethereum +11% at $2,472 after U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that his recent executive order on digital assets directed his team to create “a Crypto Strategic Reserve” that will hold Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other Cryptocurrencies such as XRP<\/span>, Dogecoin, Solana and Cardano. Bitcoin had has fallen 16% in the past week, its biggest weekly drop since the collapse of the FTX crypto exchange in November 2022. In Asian markets, The Nikkei Index jumped 629 points to 37,785, the Shanghai Index fell -4 points to 3,316, and the Hang Seng Index advanced 64 points to 23,006. In Europe, the German DAX<\/span> surges 273 points to 22,825, while the FTSE 100 is up 53 points to 8,862.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Market Closing Prices Yesterday<\/p>\n