US PRE MARKET

The S&P 500 Futures is trading at +56.50 up with +0.18%% percent or +6.12 point.Other U.S. stock futures higher in pre-market trading for August 19.The Dow Futures is trading at 27,773.50 up with +0.20% percent or +56.50 point. The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 11,426.00 with +0.15% percent or +16.75 point.

WEDNESDAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

TUESDAY’S ACTIVITY

For the day the Dow is trading at 27,778.07 with a loss of -0.24% percent or -66.84 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,389.78 up with +0.23% percent or +7.79 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 11,210.84 up with +0.73% percent or +81.12 point

Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,569.77  with a loss of -0.99% percent or -15.70 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 907.13 with a loss of –1.30% percent or -11.96 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 1,935.98 with a loss of  –0.90% percent or -17.58 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,569.45 up with +0.52% percent or +8.17 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 1,982.49 up with +0.14% percent or +2.86  point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,882.61 up with +0.21% or  +4.02 point.