US PRE MARKET

The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 2,873.75 up with +3.09% percent or +86.25 point.Other U.S. stock futures higher in pre-market trading for  April 17.The Dow Futures is trading at 24,210.50 up with +3.43% percent or +803.50 point.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 8,930.62 with +2.25% percent or +196.37 point.

FRIDAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

THURSDAY’S ACTIVITY

For the day the Dow is trading at 23,537.68 up with +0.14% percent or +33.33 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,799.55 up with +0.58% percent or +16.19  point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 8,532.36 up with +1.66% percent or +139.19 point.

Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,178.09  with a loss of -0.50% percent or -5.89  point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 691.42 with a loss of -0.62% percent or -4.31 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 1,505.64 with a loss of –0.21% percent or -3.16 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,292.90 up with +0.72% percent or +9.22  point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 1,607.03 up with +0.47% percent or +7.55 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,533.16 p with +0.53% or +8.06 point.