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.
In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 23,110.61 up with +0.26% percent or +59.53 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 25,152.51 with a loss of –0.85% percent or –214.87 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 3,408.13 with a loss of –1.24% percent or ?42.96 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 38,731.49 up with +0.53% percent or +203.17 point at 12:15 PM.Germany’s DAX is trading at 12,919.28 up with 0.29% percent or +37.52 point. France’s CAC 40 is trading at 4,946.22 up with +0.17% percent or +8.16 point. The Stoxx Europe 600 is trading at 368.21 up with +0.28% percent or +1.03 point.