US PRE MARKET

The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 3,003.62 up with +0.41% percent or +12.12 point. Other U.S. stock futures higher in pre-market trading for  October 17.The Dow Futures is trading at 27,037.50 up with +0.36% percent or +97.50 point. The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 7,985.75  with +0.47% percent or +37.25 point.

THURSDAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

It remains to be seen whether the reaction is short-lived as the politicians go toe-to-toe again at the weekend, but in the meantime the very possibility of an agreed outcome to the painful Brexit saga has resulted in a relief rally, both financial and psychological,” said Richard Hunter, head of markets at Interactive Investor.

WEDNESDAY’S ACTIVITY

For the day the Dow is trading at 27,001.98 with a loss of –0.084% percent or  –22.82  point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,989.69  with a loss  –0.20% percent or –5.99 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 8,124.18  with a loss of –0.30% percent or –24.52 point.

Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,525.06 up with +0.12% percent or +1.76 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 945.05 up with +0.29% percent or +2.73 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 1,922.40 with a loss of –0.099% percent or -1.91 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,326.73   with a loss of –0.13% percent or –1.70 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 1,748.90 with a loss of –0.23%  percent or –4.07  point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,650.31  with a loss of –0.26%  or -0.26% point.

In overnight trading in the Eastern Hemisphere,In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 22,451.86 with a loss of –0.094% percent or –21.06 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 26,789.32 up with +0.47% percent or +125.04 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 2,975.18 with a loss of –0.12% percent or –3.54  point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 38,662.21 up with +0.16% percent or +63.22 point at 12:15 PM.Germany’s DAX is trading at 12,698.06  up with +0.22% percent or  +27.95 point. France’s CAC 40 is trading at 5,698.70 up with +0.032% percent or +1.80 point. The Stoxx Europe 600 is trading at 394.31  up with +0.22% percent or +0.84  point.