US PRE MARKET

The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 2,927.88  with a loss of -0.31% percent or -9.12 point.Other U.S. stock futures lower in pre-market trading for May 22.The Dow Futures is trading at 24,301.00 with a loss of -0.31% percent or -75.00 point.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 9,320.12 with a loss of -0.38% percent or -35.63 point.

FRIDAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

THURSDAY’S ACTIVITY

For the day the Dow is trading at 24,474.12 with a loss of -0.41% percent or -101.78 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,948.51 with a loss of –0.78% percent or -23.10 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 9,284.88  with a loss of -0.97% percent or -90.90 point.

Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,347.56 with 0.33% percent or 0.63 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 771.41 up with +0.021% percent or +0.16 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 1,694.18 up with +0.33% percent or +5.55 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,356.16 with a loss of –0.79% percent or -10.83 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 1,713.73 with a loss of –0.65% percent or -11.24 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,628.08  with a loss of  –0.69% or -11.39 point.