The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 3,744.88 up with +0.47% percent or +17.38 point..Other U.S. stock futures higher in pre-market trading for Dec 29.The Dow Futures is trading at 30,457.00 up with +0.50% percent or +152.00 point. The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 12,884.00 up with +0.40% percent or +51.25 point.

TUESDAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

MONDAY’S ACTIVITY

For the day the Dow is trading at 30,403.97 up with +0.68% percent or +204.10 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,735.36 up with +0.87% percent or +32.30 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 12,899.42 up with +0.74% percent or  +94.69 point.

Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,996.25 with a loss of -0.38% percent or -7.70 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 1,124.94 up with +0.31% percent or  +3.43 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 2,309.52 with a loss of –0.25% percent or −5.84 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,715.21 up with +1.20% percent or  +20.40 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 2,240.85 up with +0.55% percent or +12.22 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 2,111.63 up with +0.61% or +12.90 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 27,568.15 up with +2.66% percent or +714.12 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 26,543.26 up with +0.87% percent or +228.63 point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 3,379.04 with a loss of –0.54% percent or –18.25 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 47,485.94 up with +0.28% percent or  +132.19 point at 12:15 PM.For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 6,502.11 up with +0.098% percent or +6.36 point. France’s CAC  40 closed at 5,588.38 up with +1.20% percent or +66.37 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 13,790.29 up with +1.49% percent or +203.06 point.