US PRE MARKET

The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 3,443.12 up with +0.46% percent or +15.62 point.Other U.S. stock futures higher in pre-market trading for August 25.The Dow Futures is trading at 28,434.50 up with +0.69% percent or +195.50 point.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 11,644.60 up with +0.07% percent or +8.37 point.

TUESDAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

MONDAY’S ACTIVITY

For the day the Dow is trading at 28,308.46 up with 1.35% percent or +378.13 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,431.28 up with +1.00% percent or +34.12 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 11,379.72 up with +0.60% percent or +67.92 point.

Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,568.47 up with +1.03% percent or +15.99 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 909.73 up with +1.68% percent or +14.99 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 1,938.15 up with +1.46% percent or+27.90 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,597.89  with +0.99% percent or  +15.73 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 2,003.67 up with +0.94% percent or +18.68  point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,904.04 up with +0.94% or  +17.65 point.