US PRE MARKET

The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 3,425.12 with a loss of -0.22% percent or -7.38 point.Other U.S. stock futures higher in pre-market trading for Oct 21.The Dow Futures is trading at 28,091.50 with a loss of -0.15% percent or -42.50 point.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 11,671.20 with a loss of -0.17% percent or -20.00 point.

THURSDAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

WEDNESDAY’S ACTIVITY

For the day the Dow is trading at 28,210.82 with a loss of –percent or  ?97.97 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,435.56 with a loss of  – percent or   ?7.56 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 11,484.69  with a loss of – percent or –31.80 point.

Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,603.78 with a loss of -0.86 percent or +13.93 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 915.07 with a loss of percent or -4.18 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 1,970.13 with a loss of – percent or −14.13 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,587.19 with  a loss of – percent or  −3.00 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 2,020.36 with a loss of  –percent or −6.90 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,918.29 with a loss of –or −5.93 point.