The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 3,769.12 up with +0.54% percent or +20.37 point.Other U.S. stock futures higher in pre-market trading for Jan 04.The Dow Futures is trading at 30,670.00 up with +0.57% percent or +173.00 point.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 12,939.10 up with +0.42% percent or +53.62 point.

Friday’s FACTORS AND EVENTS

Thursday’s ACTIVITY

For the day the Dow is trading at 30,606.48 up with +0.65% percent or +196.92 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,756.07 with +0.64% percent or +24.03 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 12,888.28 up with +0.14% percent or  +18.28 point.

Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,974.86 with a loss of –0.26% percent or -5.14 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 1,118.93 up with +0.082% percent or  +0.92 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 2,306.62 up with +0.16% percent or +3.74 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,720.50 up with +0.53% percent or  +9.15 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 2,248.44 up with  +0.48% percent or +10.68 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 2,120.87 up with +0.53% or +11.15 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 27,254.39 with a loss of –0.69% percent or –189.78 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 27,422.77 up with +0.70% percent or +191.64 point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 3,504.48 up with +0.90% percent or +31.41 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 47,933.66 up with +0.14% percent or  +64.68 point at 12:15 PM.For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 6,460.52 with a loss of –1.45% percent or ?95.30 point. France’s CAC  40 closed at 5,551.41 with a loss of –0.86% percent or –48.00 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 13,718.78 with a loss of –0.31% percent or –42.60 point.