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.
In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 19,897.26 up with +3.15% percent or +607.06 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 24,375.57 up with +1.54% percent or +369.12 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 2,838.49 up with +0.66% percent or +18.56 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 31,080.08 up with +1.63% percent or +498.85 point at 12:15 PM.Germany’s DAX is trading at 10,718.46 up with +4.05% percent or +416.92 point. France’s CAC 40 is trading at 4,533.03 up with +4.20% percent or +182.87 point. The Stoxx Europe 600 is trading at 335.59 with +3.28% percent or +10.66 point.