US PRE MARKET
The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 2,880.88 up with +0.79% percent or +22.63 point.Other U.S. stock futures higher in pre-market trading for May 06.The Dow Futures is trading at 23,951.00 up with +0.80% percent or +190.00 point.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 8,994.62 up with +0.79% percent or +70.37 point.
WEDNESDAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS
TUEDAY’S ACTIVITY
For the day the Dow is trading at 23,883.09 up with +0.56% percent or +133.33 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,868.44 up with +0.90% percent or +25.70 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 8,809.12 up with +1.13% percent or +98.41 point.
Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,273.51 up with +0.75% percent or +9.54 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 738.71 up with +0.37% percent or +2.69 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 1,607.11 up with +0.98% percent or +15.61 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,318.69 up with +0.83% percent or +10.88 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 1,658.61 up with +0.94% percent or +15.40 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,578.03 up with +0.95% or +14.83 point.
In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 19,619.35 with a loss of –2.84% percent or –574.34 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 24,190.23 up with +1.35%percent or +321.57 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 2,878.14 up with +0.63% percent or +18.06 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 31,790.68 with +1.07% percent or +337.17 point at 12:15 PM.Germany’s DAX is trading at 10,741.20 up with +0.11% percent or +11.74 point. France’s CAC 40 is trading at 4,477.54 with a loss of –0.12% percent or –5.59 point. The Stoxx Europe 600 is trading at 336.77 up with +0.38% percent or +1.27 point.