The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 3,714.38 up with +0.56% percent or +20.63 point.Other U.S. stock futures higher in pre-market trading for Dec 17.The Dow Futures is trading at 30,211.50 up with +0.46% percent or +137.50 point.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 12,735.50 up with +0.51% percent or +64.75 point.
THURSDAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS
WEDNESDAY’S ACTIVITY
For the day the Dow is trading at 30,154.54 with a loss of –percent or ?44.77 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,701.17 up with + percent or +6.55 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 12,658.19 up with percent or +63.13 point.
Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,952.72 with a loss of -0.36% percent or -7.04 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 1,105.53 with a loss of – percent or −6.14 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 2,278.89 with a loss of – percent or −8.15 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,696.26 up with + percent or +4.68 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 2,215.18 up with +percent or +2.69 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 2,088.96 with +or +3.23 point.
In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 26,806.67 up with +percent or +49.27 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 26,565.80 up with +percent or +105.51 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 3,404.87 up with + percent or +37.89 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 46,851.00 up with +percent or +184.54 point at 12:15 PM.
The FTSE 100 closed at 6,570.91 up with +percent or +57.59 point. France’s CAC 40 closed at 5,547.68 up with + percent or +17.37 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 13,565.98 up with +percent or +203.11 point.