US PRE MARKET

The S&P 500 Futures are trading at 2,744.25  with 0.00%  percent or 0.00 point. Other U.S. stock futures are mixed in pre-market trading for Friday, March 09. The Dow Futures are trading at 24,935.00 for up  with +0.06% percent or +14.00 point. The Nasdaq Futures are trading at 6,998.00 with a loss of  -0.03% percent or -2.25 point.

FRIDAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,571.97  with a loss of -0.16% percent or -2.57 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 955.38   with a loss of -0.12% percent or -1.11 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 1,917.63 with a loss of  -0.15% percent or -2.79 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,207.88  for up  with +0.50% percent or +6.02 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 1,621.24  for up with +0.37% percent or +5.91 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,517.90 for up  with +0.41% percent or 6.19 point; and the Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend Index closed at 24,895.21  for up  with  +0.38% percent or +93.85 point.

WORLD MARKETS

In overnight trading in the Eastern Hemisphere, Japan’s Nikkei 225 are trading at 21,469.20 for up  with  +0.47% percent or  +101.13 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng are trading at 30,996.21 for up with +1.11% percent or  +341.69 point. China’s Shanghai Composite are trading at 3,307.17  for up with  +0.57% percent or +18.76 point. India’s BSE Sensex are trading at 33,310.58  with a loss of -0.12% percent or  -40.99 point at 12:15 PM.The FTSE 100 are trading at 7,198.18  with a loss of -0.07% percent or  -5.06 point. Germany’s DAX are trading at 12,293.74  with a loss of -0.50% percent or -61.83  point. France’s CAC 40 are trading at 5,247.58   with a loss of -0.12% percent or -6.51 point. The Stoxx Europe 600 are trading at 376.50  with a loss of -0.05% percent or -0.16 point.