US PRE MARKET

The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 2,791.88  up with +0.43% percent or +11.88 point. Other U.S. stock futures higher in pre-market trading for  May 30.The Dow Futures is trading at 25,190.50 up with +0.32% percent or +81.50 point. The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 7,248.88  up with +0.46% percent or +32.88 point.

THURSDAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

U.S. government debt prices were lower Thursday morning, as investors are closely monitoring developments in the bond market.

strong focus on the bond market after long-term government debt yields fell further below rates on short-term notes and bills during Wednesday’s session. The phenomenon described as yield inversion is often interpreted as a recession indicator. Investors are wondering whether the bond market is sending warnings about economic growth in the U.S. and globally.

WEDNESDAY’S ACTIVITY

For the day the Dow is trading at 25,126.41 with a loss of -0.87%  percent or -221.36 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,783.02 with a loss of -0.69% percent or -19.37 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 7,547.31  with a loss of -0.79% percent or -60.04 point.

Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,489.95 with a loss of -0.94% percent or -14.07 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 904.09 with a loss of -0.84% percent or -7.70 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 1,832.77   with a loss of -0.62% percent or -11.40 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,231.97  with a loss of -0.73% percent or -9.02 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 1,638.06  with a loss of -0.71%  percent or -11.69 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,541.07 with a loss of -0.69% or -10.73 point.

In overnight trading in the Eastern Hemisphere, In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 21,003.37  with a loss of -1.21% percent or -256.77 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 27,261.43 with a loss of -0.47% percent or -129.38   point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 2,914.70  up with +0.16% percent or +4.79 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 39,653.87  with a loss of -0.24% percent or -95.86 point at 12:15 PM.The FTSE 100 is trading at 7,218.05  up with +0.46% percent or +32.75 point. Germany’s DAX is trading at 11,907.21 up with +0.59% percent or  +69.40 point. France’s CAC 40 is trading at 5,247.09 up with +0.47% percent or +24.80 point. The Stoxx Europe 600 is trading at 372.25  up with +0.47% percent or +1.70  point.