US PRE MARKET

The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 2,841.75 with a loss of -2.09% percent or -60.75 point.Other U.S. stock futures lower in pre-market trading for  May 01.The Dow Futures is trading at 23,761.00 with a loss of -1.94% percent or -469.00 point.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 8,768.12 with a loss of -2.45% percent or -220.38 point.

FRIDAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

THURSDAY’S ACTIVITY

For the day the Dow is trading at 24,345.72 with a loss of -1.17% percent or -288.14  point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,912.43 with a loss of –0.92% percent or -27.08 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 8,889.55  with a loss of -0.28% percent or -25.16 point.

Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,310.66  with a loss of –3.68% percent or -50.10 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 771.11 with a loss of -3.97% percent or -31.85 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 1,646.36 with a loss of –3.06% percent or -51.90 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,338.02 with a loss of –0.35% percent or -4.65  point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 1,684.95 with a loss of –1.19% percent or -20.37  point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,601.82 with a loss of -1.04% or -16.78 point.