E-Mini Contracts. The S&P 500, Dow, and Nasdaq 100 futures contracts trade on the CME Globex system and are called E-mini contracts. Contracts are updated four times per year, with expiration ...

Stock index futures rose on Friday, with S&P 500 and Nasdaq futures scaling new intraday highs as investors looked forward to the Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge.

By 03:20 ET (08:20 GMT), the Nasdaq futures contract had risen by 55 points or 0.3%, while S&P 500 futures were mostly unchanged and Dow futures had ticked down by 96 points or 0.2%.

The index is 5,000 points, and the futures contract is for delivery in three months. Each contract is $50 times the index level, so one is worth $250,000 (5,000 points × $50). Without leverage ...

Contracts tied to the S&P 500 gained 0.5%. Futures for the technology-heavy Nasdaq added 0.9%. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average were falling 0.1% before the ... Updated 8 months ago.

The S&P 500, Dow, and Nasdaq 100 futures contracts trade on the CME Globex system and are called E-mini contracts. ... with expiration taking place during the third month of each quarter.