US PRE MARKET
The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 3,420.88 up with +0.84% percent or +28.38 point.Other U.S. stock futures higher in pre-market trading for August 24.The Dow Futures is trading at 28,139.00 up with +1.01% percent or +280.00 point.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 11,667.00 up with +0.91% percent or +105.00 point.
MONDAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS
FRIDAY’S ACTIVITY
For the day the Dow is trading at 27,930.33 up with +0.69% percent or +190.60 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,397.16 up with +0.34% percent or +11.65 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 11,311.80 up with 0.42% percent or +46.85 point.
Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,552.48 up with -0.76% percent or -11.83 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 894.74 with a loss of –0.67% percent or −6.00 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 1,910.25 with a loss of –0.27% percent or -5.14 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,582.16 with +0.54% percent or +8.43 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 1,984.99 up with +0.24%percent or +4.70 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,886.39 up with +0.30% or +5.59 point.
In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 22,985.51 up with +0.28% percent or +65.21 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 25,492.78 up with +1.51% percent or +378.94 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 3,386.48 up with +0.17% percent or +5.80 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 38,781.80 up with +0.90% percent or +347.08 point at 12:15 PM.Germany’s DAX is trading at 13,075.35 up with +2.43% percent or +310.55 point. France’s CAC 40 is trading at 5,008.95 up with +2.30% percent or +112.62 point. The Stoxx Europe 600 is trading at 371.57 up with +1.77% percent or +6.48 point.