US PRE MARKET

The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 3,276.62 up with +0.34% percent or +11.12 point.Other U.S. stock futures higher in pre-market trading for July 23.The Dow Futures is trading at 26,983.00 up with +0.37% percent or +99.00 point.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 10,893.20 up with +0.82% percent or +89.00 point.

THURSDAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

WEDNESDAY’S ACTIVITY

For the day the Dow is trading at 27,005.84  up with +0.62% percent or +165.44 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,276.02 up up with +0.57% percent or +18.72 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 10,706.13 up with +0.24% percent or +25.76 point.

Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,490.14  up with 0.18% percent or +2.63 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 860.64  up with  +0.15% percent or +1.26 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 1,862.40  up with +0.76% percent or +14.03 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,509.43 up with +0.43% percent or +6.47  point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 1,913.32 up with +0.57% percent or +10.82 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,818.73 up with +0.59% or  +10.71 point.