US PRE MARKET
The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 2,789.12 up with+0.02% percent or +0.62 point.Other U.S. stock futures mixed in pre-market trading for April 23.The Dow Futures is trading at 23,323.00 with a loss of -0.14% percent or -33.00 point.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 8,643.38 up with +0.06% percent or +5.38 point.
THURSDAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS
WEDNESDAY’S ACTIVITY
For the day the Dow is trading at 23,475.82 up with +1.99% percent or +456.94 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,799.31 up with +2.29% percent or +62.75 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 8,495.38 up with 2.81% percent or +232.15 point.
Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,201.52 up with +1.39% percent or 1+6.43 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 698.74 up with +0.88% percent or +6.08 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 1,512.86 up with +1.49% percent or +22.28 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,288.38 up with +2.30% percent or +28.91 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 1,610.54 up with +2.22% percent or +35.04 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,534.94 with +2.27%or +34.13 point.
In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 19,429.44 up with +1.52%percent or +291.49 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 24,015.41 with +0.51% percent or +122.05 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 2,838.50 with a loss of –0.19% percent or –5.48 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 31,763.29 up with +1.22% percent or +383.74 point at 12:15 PM.Germany’s DAX is trading at 10,396.87 with a loss of –0.17% percent or –18.16 point. France’s CAC 40 is trading at 4,427.08 up with +0.35% percent or +15.28 point. The Stoxx Europe 600 is trading at 330.87 up with +0.22% percent or +0.74 point.