US PRE MARKET

The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 2,797.62 up with +0.61% percent or +16.87 point.Other U.S. stock futures mixed in pre-market trading for  April 23.The Dow Futures is trading at 23,493.00 up with +0.67% percent or +156.00 point.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 8,633.50 up with +0.40% percent or +34.75 point.

FRIDAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

THURSDAY’S ACTIVITY

For the day the Dow is trading at 23,515.26 up with +0.17% percent or +39.44  point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,797.80  with a loss of –0.054% percent or –1.51 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 8,494.75  with a loss of –0.0074%% percent or –0.63 point.

Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,214.06 up with 1.04% percent or +12.54 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 707.49 up with +1.25% percent or +8.75 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 1,529.01 up with +1.07% percent or +16.15 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,288.64 up with +0.020% percent or +0.26 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 1,611.46 up with +0.057% percent or +0.93  point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,534.93 with a loss of –0.00072%or -0.011 point.