US PRE MARKET

The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 2,871.88 up with +1.35% percent or +38.38 point.Other U.S. stock futures higher in pre-market trading for  May 07.The Dow Futures is trading at 23,790.00 up with +1.18% percent or +277.00 point.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 9,070.38 up with +1.32% percent or +118.38 point.

THURSDAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

WEDNESDAY’S ACTIVITY

For the day the Dow is trading at 23,664.64 with a loss of -0.91% percent or -218.45 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,848.42 with a loss of –0.70%percent or -20.02 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 8,854.39 up with 0.51% percent or +45.27 point.

Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,263.01  with a loss of -0.82% percent or -10.50 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 729.41 with a loss of –1.26% percent or -9.30 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 1,593.77 with a loss of –0.83% percent or −13.34 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,313.03 with a loss of –0.43% percent or -5.66  point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 1,647.92 with a loss of –0.64% percent or -10.69  point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,568.03 up with –0.63% or -9.99 point.