US PRE MARKET

The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 2,879.62   with a loss of -0.00% percent or -0.13 point.  Other U.S. stock futures mixed in pre-market trading for  April 04.The Dow Futures is trading at 26,242.50  up with +0.01% percent or +2.50 point. The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 7,578.62  with a loss of -0.05%  percent or -3.63 point.

THURSDAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

the yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note, which moves inversely to price, was lower at around 2.5044 percent, while the yield on the 30-year Treasury bond was also lower at 2.9211 percent.

It comes as U.S. and Chinese officials are reportedly getting closer to a trade deal, having resolved most of the outstanding issues in their protracted trade dispute. Both countries slapped tariffs on billions of dollars’ worth of each other’s goods last year.

WEDNESDAY’S ACTIVITY

For the day the Dow is trading at 26,218.13 up with +0.15% percent or +39.00 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,873.40 up with +0.21% percent or +6.16 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 7,895.55  up with +0.60% percent or +46.86 point.

Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,560.91 up with +0.49% percent or +7.59 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 950.39 up with +0.41% percent or +3.86 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 1,924.65 up with +0.49% percent or +9.40 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,268.05 up with +0.16% percent or +2.01 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 1,694.33  up with +0.26% percent or +4.45 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,592.48  up with +0.25% or +3.91 point.

In overnight trading in the Eastern Hemisphere, In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 21,724.95  up with +0.054% percent or +11.74 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 29,837.35 with a loss of -0.50% percent or -149.04  point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 3,237.38 up with +0.66% percent or +21.09 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 38,766.49  up with +0.28% percent or +110.63 point at 12:15 PM.The FTSE 100 is trading at 7,387.35  with  a loss of -0.42% percent or -30.93 point. Germany’s DAX is trading at 11,986.63  up with +0.27% percent or  +32.23 point. France’s CAC 40 is trading at 5,461.03  with a loss of -0.14% percent or -7.87 point. The Stoxx Europe 600 is trading at 388.06  with a loss of -0.22% percent or -0.92 point.