US PRE MARKET

The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 2,943.12  up with 0.00% percent or +0.12 point.  Other U.S. stock futures Mixed in pre-market trading for  April 30.The Dow Futures is trading at 26,564.50 up with +0.06% percent or +16.50 point. The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 7,807.62 with a loss of -0.08% percent or -6.13 point.

TUESDAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

the yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury notewhich moves inversely to price, was lower at around 2.5072%, while the yield on the 30-year Treasury bond was also lower at around 2.9429%.

Market participants are likely to closely monitor a flurry of economic data releases during morning trade. The S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index (HPI) for February is set to be published at around 9:00 a.m. ET.

WEDNESDAY’S ACTIVITY

For the day the Dow is trading at 26,554.39   up with +0.042% percent or +11.06 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,943.03 up with +0.11% percent or +3.15 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 8,161.85 up  with +0.19% percent or +15.46 point.

Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,598.36  up with +0.41% percent or +6.54 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 976.96 up with +0.42% percent or +4.09 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 1,973.94 up with +0.0010% percent or +0.020 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,307.07  up with +0.22% percent or +2.92 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 1,734.71  up with +0.13% percent or +2.28 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,630.40  up with +0.11% or +1.80 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 29,705.32  with a loss of -0.63% percent or -187.49   point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 3,078.34  up with +0.52% percent or +15.84 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 38,887.18  with a loss of -0.46% percent or -180.15 point at 12:15 PM.The FTSE 100 is trading at 7,425.05  with  a loss of -0.21% percent or -15.61 point. Germany’s DAX is trading at 12,332.45  up with  +0.036% percent or  +4.43 point. France’s CAC 40 is trading at 5,570.29  with a loss of -0.19% percent or -10.68  point. The Stoxx Europe 600 is trading at 391.01  with a loss of -0.08% percent or -0.34 point.