US PRE MARKET

The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 2,706.50 up with -0.72% percent or  -19.50 point. Other U.S. stock futures  lower in pre-market trading for Wednesday, May 23. The Dow Futures is trading at 24,645.00  with a loss of  -0.80% percent or  -200.00 point.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 6,835.00 with a loss of -1.09% percent or -75.25 point.

WEDNESDAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,625.24  with a loss of -0.75% percent or  -12.20 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 1,003.41  with a loss of -0.83% percent or -8.41 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 1,948.81  with a loss of -0.70% percent or  -13.67 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,197.14 with a loss of -0.28% percent or  -3.39 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 1,619.25 with a loss of -0.38% percent or  -6.10 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,511.67 with a loss of -0.34% percent or -5.21 point;

WORLD MARKETS

In overnight trading in the Eastern Hemisphere, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 22,689.74 with a loss of -1.18% percent or  -270.60 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 30,852.81  with a loss of -1.22% percent or  -381.54 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 3,169.68 with a loss of  -1.39% percent or  -44.67 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 34,620.22  with a loss of -0.090% percent or  -31.02  point at 12:15 PM.The FTSE 100 is trading at 7,822.64  with  a loss of  -0.70% percent or  -54.81 point. Germany’s DAX is trading at 12,970.92  with a loss of -1.51% percent or  -199.00 point. France’s CAC 40 is trading at 5,578.80  with a loss of -1.09% percent or  -61.30 point. The Stoxx Europe 600 is trading at 393.09 with a loss of -0.97% percent or  -3.90 point.