US PRE MARKET

The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 3,486.12 up with +0.31% percent or +10.72 point.Other U.S. stock futures higher in pre-market trading for Oct 16.The Dow Futures is trading at 228,470.50 up with +0.30% percent or +84.50 point. The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 11,941.80 with +0.57% percent or +67.75 point.

FRIDAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

THURSDAY’S ACTIVITY

For the day the Dow is trading at 28,514.00 with a loss of –percent or –165.81 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,488.67 with  a loss of – percent or  ?23.26 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 11,768.73 with a loss of – percent or – point.

Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,638.88 up with +1.06% percent or +17.23 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 929.57 with + percent or +12.22 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 2,002.82 with percent or +18.54 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,610.76 with a loss of – percent or  -4.56 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 2,051.99 with a loss of – percent or −1.26 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,947.58 with a loss of –or –2.54 point