US PRE MARKET
The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 3,386.38 up with +0.20% percent or +6.63 point.Other U.S. stock futures higher in pre-market trading for August 18.The Dow Futures is trading at 27,849.00 up with +0.27% percent or +74.00 point.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 11,324.00 with +0.33% percent or +37.25 point.
TUESDAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS
MONDAY’S ACTIVITY
For the day the Dow is trading at 27,844.91 with a loss of -0.31% percent or ?86.11 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,381.99 up with +0.27% percent or +9.14 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 11,129.73 up with +1.00% percent or +110.42 point
Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,585.47 up with +0.48% percent or +7.59 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 919.09 up with +0.13% percent or +1.19 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 1,953.56 up with +0.21% percent or +4.00 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,561.28 up with +0.26% percent or +3.99 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 1,979.63 up with +0.42% percent or +8.28 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,878.59 up with +0.42% or +7.79 point.
In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 23,051.08 with a loss of –0.20% percent or –45.67 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 25,308.80 with a loss of –0.15% percent or –38.54 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 3,451.09 up with +0.36% percent or +12.29 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 38,266.09 up with +0.57% percent or +0.57% point at 12:15 PM.Germany’s DAX is trading at 13,040.50 up with 0.93% percent or +119.84 point. France’s CAC 40 is trading at 5,000.21 up with +0.57% percent or +28.27 point. The Stoxx Europe 600 is trading at 371.16 up with +0.51% percent or +1.90 point.