US PRE MARKET

The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 2,883.62 up with +0.57% percent or +16.37 point.Other U.S. stock futures higher in pre-market trading for  April 29.The Dow Futures is trading at 24,192.00 up with +0.61%percent or +147.00 point. The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 8,777.25 up with +0.66% percent or +57.50 point.

WEDNESDAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

TUESDAY’S ACTIVITY

For the day the Dow is trading at 24,101.55 with a loss of -0.13% percent or -32.23  point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,863.39 with a loss of -0.52% percent or -15.09 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 8,607.73  with a loss of -1.40% percent or -122.43 point.

Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,298.08  with 1.26% percent or +16.20 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 761.08 up with +2.04% percent or +15.24 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 1,629.89 up with +1.01% percent or +16.36 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,307.17 with a loss of –0.98% percent or -12.96 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 1,657.17 with a loss of –0.37% percent or −6.18  point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,574.73 with a loss of -0.47%or -7.46 point.