The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 3,848.62 up with +0.09% percent or +3.62 point.Other U.S. stock futures higher in pre-market trading for Jan 21.The Dow Futures is trading at 31,109.00 up with +0.04% percent or +13.00 point.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 13,339.50 up with +0.34% percent or +45.25 point.

THURSDAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

WEDNESDAY’S ACTIVITY

For the day the Dow is trading at 31,188.38 up with +percent or  +257.86 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,851.85 up with + percent or +52.94 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 13,457.25 up with percent or +260.07 point..

Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 2,160.62 with +0.44% percent or +9.48 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 1,229.82 up with + percent or  +5.52 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 2,469.01 with + percent or +24.91 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,761.98 up with + percent or  +30.56 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 2,322.87 up with percent or +29.63 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 2,182.14 up with +or +29.18 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 28,756.86 up with +percent or +233.60 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 29,816.04 with a loss of –percent or146.43 point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 3,619.07 up  with + percent or +32.79 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 50,095.18 up with +percent or +303.06 point at 12:15 PM.For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 6,740.39 up with +percent or +27.44 point. France’s CAC  40 closed at 5,628.44  up with +percent or  +29.83 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 13,921.37 up with +percent or +106.31 point.