US PRE MARKET

The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 3,371.62 up with +0.30% percent or +10.12 point.Other U.S. stock futures higher in pre-market trading for August 17.The Dow Futures is trading at 27,852.00 up with +0.22% percent or +60.00 point. The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 11,202.50 with +0.62% percent or +68.75 point.

MONDAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

FRIDAY’S ACTIVITY

For the day the Dow is trading at 27,931.02 up with +0.12% percent or +34.30 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,372.85 with a loss of –0.017% percent or -0.58 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 11,019.30 with a loss of -0.21% percent or -23.20 point.

Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,577.88 with a loss of -0.12% percent or -1.91 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 917.90 up with +0.036% percent or +0.33 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 1,949.56 with a loss of –0.16% percent or  -3.06 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,557.29 with a loss of –0.035% percent or −0.54 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 1,971.34 with a loss of –0.045% percent or -0.88 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,870.80 with a loss of –0.040% or  -0.75 point.