US PRE MARKET

The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 2,960.88  with a loss of -0.33% percent or -9.87 point.   Other U.S. stock futures lower in pre-market trading for  october 14.The Dow Futures is trading at 26,690.00 with a loss of -0.32% percent or -85.00 point. The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 7,826.50 with a loss of  -0.41% percent or -32.50 point.

MONDAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

U.S. stock futures pointed to a lower start on Wall Street Monday as investors reevaluate the “phase-one” trade deal between the U.S. and China, announced in the final minutes of trade Friday, with growing concern that the agreement will not lead to significantly lower trade barriers or greater certainty over Sino-American trade relations.

FRIDAY’S ACTIVITY

For the day the Dow is trading at 26,816.59 up with +1.21% percent or +319.92  point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,970.27 up with +1.09% percent or +32.14 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 8,057.04  up with +1.34% percent or +106.26 point.

Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,511.90 up with +1.79% percent or +26.54 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 935.60 up with +1.88% percent or +17.24 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 1,916.57 up with +1.72% percent or +32.40 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,315.77 up with +1.03% percent or +13.36 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 1,738.62 up with +1.18%  percent or  +20.25  point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,640.93  up with +1.14%  or +18.44 point.

In overnight trading in the Eastern Hemisphere, In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 21,798.87 up with +1.15% percent or +246.89 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 26,525.13 up with +0.82% percent or +216.69 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 3,001.75 up with +0.94% percent or +28.09 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 38,302.96 up with 0.46% percent or +175.88 point at 12:15 PM.Germany’s DAX is trading at 12,425.10  with a loss of –0.69% percent or –86.55 point. France’s CAC 40 is trading at 5,616.97  with a loss of –0.86% percent or –48.50 point. The Stoxx Europe 600 is trading at 388.15 with a loss of -0.88% percent or -3.45 point.