US PRE MARKET
The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 2,704.75 up with +0.73% percent or +19.50 point. Other U.S. stock futures higher in pre-market trading for October 31.The Dow Futures is trading at 25,011.00 up with +0.61% percent or +152.00 point. The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 6,894.25 up with +1.10% percent or +75.00 point.
WEDNESDAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS
For the day the Dow is trading at 24,874.64 up with +1.77% percent or +431.72 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,682.63 up with +1.57% percent or +41.38 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 7,161.65 up with +1.58% percent or +111.36 point.
Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,477.31 with a loss of -0.44% percent or -6.51 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 930.09 with a loss of -0.22% percent or -2.06 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 1,788.59 with a loss of -0.36% percent or -6.51 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,177.69 with a loss of -0.96% percent or -11.37 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 1,555.69 with a loss of -0.65% percent or -10.25 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,458.80 with a loss of -0.67% percent or -9.86 point;
In overnight trading in the Eastern Hemisphere, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 21,920.46 up with +2.16% percent or +463.17 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 24,853.95 up with +1.09% percent or +268.42 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 2,602.78 up with +1.35% percent or +34.74 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 33,961.56 up with +0.21% percent or +70.43 point at 12:15 PM.The FTSE 100 is trading at 7,137.54 up with +1.45% percent or +101.69 point. Germany’s DAX is trading at 11,442.98 up with +1.38% percent or +155.59 point. France’s CAC 40 is trading at 5,092.85 up with +2.30% percent or +114.33 point. The Stoxx Europe 600 is trading at 361.28 up with +1.62% percent or +5.75 point.
Market sentiment has been hit by a confluence of factors in recent weeks, ranging from intensifying global trade tensions, worries about economic growth, rising U.S. interest rates and company earnings.
On the data front, ADP employment figures for October are scheduled to be released at around 8:15 a.m. ET. Investors are likely to keep an eye out for third-quarter employment cost index data at 8:30 a.m., before Chicago PMI data for October is released later in the session.
TUESDAY’S ACTIVITY