US PRE MARKET
The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 2,926.12 with a loss of -0.00% percent or -0.13 point. Other U.S. stock futures lower in pre-market trading for April 26.The Dow Futures is trading at 26,426.00 with a loss of -0.05% percent or -14.00 point. The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 7,812.62 up with +0.18% percent or +14.12 point.
FRIDAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS
Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,575.61 with a loss of -0.79% percent or -12.52 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 964.06 with a loss of -1.01% percent or -9.79 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 1,955.14 with a loss of -1.14% percent or -22.53 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,298.54 up with +0.12% percent or +1.52 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 1,723.17 with a loss of -0.14% percent or -2.35 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,620.50 with a loss of -0.087% or -1.41 point.
In overnight trading in the Eastern Hemisphere, In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 22,258.73 with a loss of -0.22% percent or -48.85 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 29,550.32 up with +0.0018% percent or +0.52 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 3,086.40 with a loss of -1.20% percent or -37.43 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 38,854.35 up with +0.32% percent or +123.49 point at 12:15 PM..The FTSE 100 is trading at 7,417.42 with a loss of -0.22% percent or -16.71 point. Germany’s DAX is trading at 12,298.14 up with +0.13% percent or +15.54 point. France’s CAC 40 is trading at 5,566.94 up with +0.17% percent or +9.28 point. The Stoxx Europe 600 is trading at 390.50 up with +0.09% percent or +0.35 point.
A string of robust numbers for the world’s largest economy has prompted analysts to revise up their forecasts for expansion and the latest Reuters poll is for annualized growth of 2%.
Meanwhile, the closely-watched projection of gross domestic product (GDP) from the Atlanta Federal Reserve is expecting an outcome of 2.7%, a massive turnaround from a few weeks ago when it stood at 0.5%.
THURSDAY’S ACTIVITY
For the day the Dow is trading at 26,462.08 with a loss of -0.51% percent or -134.97 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,926.17 with a loss of -0.037% percent or -1.08 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 8,118.68 up with +0.21% percent or +16.67 point.