US PRE MARKET

The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 3,253.62 up with +0.15% percent or +4.87 point.Other U.S. stock futures higher in pre-market trading for July 31.The Dow Futures is trading at 26,261.00 up with +0.16% percent or +43.00 point.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 10,902.40 up with +1.00% percent or +108.38 point.

FRIDAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

THURSDAY’S ACTIVITY

For the day the Dow is trading at 26,313.65 with  a loss of -0.85% percent or -225.92 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,246.22 with a loss of  –0.38% percent or -0.38% point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 10,587.81 up with +0.43% percent or +44.87 point.

Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,495.10 with a loss of -0.37% percent or -5.53 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 871.44 with a loss of –0.68% percent or -6.00 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 1,876.26 with a loss of -0.66% percent or -12.45 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,487.87 with a loss of –0.25% percent or -3.75  point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 1,899.17 with a loss of –0.34% percent or -6.45 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,804.13 with a loss of –0.34% or  -6.10 point.