The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 3,716.12 with a loss of -0.22% percent or -8.13 point.Other U.S. stock futures lower in pre-market trading for Dec 31.The Dow Futures is trading at 30,251.50 with a loss of -0.17% percent or -50.50 point.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 12,842.60 up with +0.01% percent or +1.12 point.

Thursday’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

Wednesday’S ACTIVITY

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

Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,979.99 up with +1.05% percent or +20.63 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 1,118.01 up with + percent or  +10.66 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 2,302.88 with + percent or +18.89 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,711.35  with a loss of – percent or  −1.87 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 2,237.76 up with +percent or +5.75 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 2,109.72 up with +or +4.27 point.In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 27,444.17 with a loss of –percent or –123.98 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 27,231.13 up with +percent or +84.02 point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 3,458.89 up with + percent or +44.43 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 47,787.32 up with +percent or  +41.10 point at 12:15 PM.For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 6,555.82 with a loss of –percent or –46.83 point. France’s CAC  40 closed at 5,599.41 with a loss of – percent or ?12.38 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 13,718.78 with a loss of –percent or ?42.60 point.