US PRE MARKET

The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 3,039.62  up with +0.13% percent or +3.87 point.  Other U.S. stock futures higher in pre-market trading for  November 01.The Dow Futures is trading at 27,012.00 up with +0.11% percent or +30.00 point. The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 8,104.38 up with +0.17% percent or +14.13 point.

FRIDAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average YMZ19, +0.14% rose 31 points, or 0.1%, to 27,012, while S&P 500 futures ESZ19, +0.15%  rose 3.95 points, or 0.1%, to 3,039.75. Nasdaq-100 futures NQZ19, +0.19%  were up 14.5 points, or 0.2%, at 8,104.75.

The Dow DJIA, -0.52%  on Thursday gave up 140.46 points, or 0.5%, to end at 27,046.23, while the S&P 500 SPX, -0.30%  finished with a decline of 9.21 points, or 0.3%, at 3,037.56. The Nasdaq Composite COMP, -0.14%  closed at 8,292.36, a loss of 11.62 points, or 0.1%.

October was a positive month for stocks, with the S&P 500 notching a record close on Wednesday. The Dow hung on for a 0.5% monthly gain, while the S&P saw a 2% advance and the Nasdaq rose by 3.7%.

THURSDAY’S ACTIVITY

For the day the Dow is trading at 27,046.23 with a loss of –0.52% percent or  –140.46 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,037.56 with a loss of –0.30% percent or –9.21 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 8,292.36  with a loss of –0.14% percent or –11.62 point.

Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,562.45 with a loss of –0.66% percent or -10.40 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 965.35  with a loss of –1.08% percent or -10.56 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 1,955.37 with a loss of –0.74% percent or -14.57  point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,349.76 with a loss of –0.15% percent or -2.07 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 1,778.20  with a loss of –0.36%  percent or -6.43 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,677.08 with a loss of –0.34%  or -5.71 point.

In overnight trading in the Eastern Hemisphere,In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 22,850.77 with a loss of –0.33% percent or –76.27 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 27,047.94 up with +0.52% percent or +141.22 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 2,958.20 up with +0.99% percent or +29.14  point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 40,075.35 with a loss of –0.13% percent or –53.70 point at 12:15 PM.Germany’s DAX is trading at 12,902.94  up with +0.28% percent or +36.15 point. France’s CAC 40 is trading at 5,743.07  up with  +0.23% percent or +13.22 point. The Stoxx Europe 600 is trading at 397.87  up with +0.28% percent or +1.12  point.