The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 3,822.38 with a loss of -0.61% percent or -23.62 point.Other U.S. stock futures lower in pre-market trading for Jan 22.The Dow Futures is trading at 30,856.00  with a loss of -0.73% percent or -226.00 point.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 13,328.00  with a loss of -0.50% percent or -67.50 point..

FRIDAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

THURSDAY’S ACTIVITY

For the day the Dow is trading at 31,176.01 with a loss of -0.040% percent or  -12.37 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,853.07 up with +0.032% percent or +1.22 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 13,530.92 up with +0.55% percent or +73.67 point.

Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 2,141.42 with  a loss of -0.89% percent or -19.20 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 1,216.23  with a loss of –1.11% percent or  -13.59 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 2,453.24 with a loss of  –0.64% percent or -15.77 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,766.86 up with +0.28% percent or  +4.88 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 2,320.77 with a loss of –0.090% percent or -2.10  point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 2,181.45 with a loss of –0.032% or −0.69 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 28,631.45  with a loss of -0.44% percent or -125.41 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 29,510.82 with a loss of -1.39% percent or -416.94 point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 3,609.32 with a loss of -0.33% percent or -11.95 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 49,341.57  with a loss of -0.57% percent or -283.19 point at 12:15 PM.For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 6,715.42  with a loss of 0.37% percent or ?24.97 point. France’s CAC  40 closed at 5,590.79  with a loss of -0.67% percent or  -37.65 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 13,906.67  with a loss of -0.11% percent or ?14.70 point..