US PRE MARKET

The S&P 500 Futures is trading at  2,654.00 up with +0.07% percent or +1.75 point. Other U.S. stock futures  mixed in pre-higher trading for Wednesday, May 02. The Dow Futures is trading at 24,045.00  with  a loss of -0.11% percent or -27.00 point. The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 6,716.00  up  with +0.36% percent or +24.00 point.

WEDNESDAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

Apple is scheduled to report fiscal second quarter earnings and revenue Tuesday after the close. Apple is the largest publicly traded company in the U.S., with a market cap of nearly $850 billion.

“Tonight’s earnings release from [Apple] will likely keep most fundamental investors from making aggressive changes to their risk,” said Jeremy Klein, chief market strategist at FBN Securities, in a note to clients. But “even if [Apple CEO] Tim Cook lays an egg tonight, most analysts will assess the Q1 reporting season as an unmitigated success.”

TUESDAY’S ACTIVITY

U.S. market were Mixed on Tuesday.For the day the Dow is trading at 24,099.05 with a loss of -0.27% percent or -64.10 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,654.80 up with +0.25% percent or +6.75 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 7,130.70 up with +0.91% percent or +64.44 point.

Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,550.34  up with +0.55%  percent or +8.46 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 951.88 up  with +0.46% percent or +4.37 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 1,879.57  up with +0.38% percent or +7.12   point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,164.40  up with +0.32% percent or +3.67 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 1,574.18 up with +0.27%percent or +4.27 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,471.94 up with +0.25% percent or+3.66 point;

WORLD MARKETS

In overnight trading in the Eastern Hemisphere,Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 22,472.78  with a loss of -0.16% percent or -35.25 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 30,710.51   with a loss of -0.33% percent or -102.18  point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 3,081.32  with a loss of -0.030% percent or  -0.91 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 35,245.13 up with +0.24% percent or +84.77  point at 12:15 PM.The FTSE 100 is trading at 7,564.37 up with +0.59% percent or  +44.01 point. Germany’s DAX is trading at 12,702.92  up with +0.73%  percent or +92.19 point. France’s CAC 40 is trading at 5,523.62 up with +0.057% percent or +3.13  point. The Stoxx Europe 600 is trading at 386.69 up with +0.44% percent or +1.81  point.