The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 3,756.38 up with +0.42% percent or +15.88 point.Other U.S. stock futures higher in pre-market trading for Jan 07.The Dow Futures is trading at 30,804.00 up with +0.27% percent or +84.00 point.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 12,680.10 up with +0.50% percent or +63.37 point.

Thursday’s FACTORS AND EVENTS

Wednesday’s ACTIVITY

For the day the Dow is trading at 30,829.40  up with percent or +437.80 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,748.14 up with + percent or +21.28 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 12,740.79 with a loss of – percent or  -78.17 point.

Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 2,057.92 up with 3.98% percent or 78.81 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 1,185.02 up with + percent or  +53.99 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 2,392.96 up with + percent or +90.11 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,706.75 with a loss of – percent or  −1.47 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 2,252.35 up with percent or +18.65 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 2,118.64 up with +or +12.95 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 27,490.13 up with percent or +434.19 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 27,552.16 with a loss of –percent or140.14 point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 3,558.87 up with + percent or +8.16 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 48,299.42 up with +percent or  +125.36 point at 12:15 PM.For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 6,841.86 up with +percent or +229.61 point. France’s CAC  40 closed at 5,630.60 up with + percent or +66.00 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 13,891.97 with percent or +240.75 point.