US PRE MARKET
The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 2,826.12 with a loss of -0.73% percent or -20.88 point.Other U.S. stock futures lower in pre-market trading for May 15.The Dow Futures is trading at 23,351.00 with a loss of -0.78% percent or -183.00 point.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 9,017.25 with a loss of -0.69% percent or -62.25 point.
FRIDAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS
THURSDAY’S ACTIVITY
For the day the Dow is trading at 23,625.34 up with +1.62% percent or +377.37 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,852.50 up with +1.15% percent or +32.50 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 8,943.72 up with +0.91% percent or +80.56 point.
Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,237.55 with +0.35% percent or +4.30 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 703.17 up with +0.37% percent or +0.37% point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 1,567.15 up with +1.06% percent or +16.45 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,317.39 up with +1.11% percent or +14.52 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 1,648.61 up with +1.12% percent or +18.24 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,570.65 with 1.17% or +18.09 point.
In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 20,037.47 up with +0.62% percent or +122.69 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 23,809.69 with a loss of –0.084% percent or –20.05 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 2,868.46 with a loss of –0.066% percent or –1.88 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 30,955.62 with a loss of –0.54% percent or –167.27 point at 12:15 PM.Germany’s DAX is trading at 10,421.44 up with +0.82% percent or +84.42 point. France’s CAC 40 is trading at 4,272.42 with a loss of –0.017% percent or –0.71 point. The Stoxx Europe 600 is trading at 328.40 with up +0.52% percent or +1.69 point.