The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 3,838.88 with a loss of -0.09%  percent or -3.62 point.Other U.S. stock futures lower in pre-market trading for Jan 26.The Dow Futures is trading at 30,774.00  with a loss of -0.22% percent or -68.00 point.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 13,548.20 with +0.47% percent or +62.75 point.

WEDNESDAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

TUESDAY’S ACTIVITY

For the day the Dow is trading at 30,937.04 with a loss of -0.074%percent or  –22.96 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,849.62 with a loss of -0.15% percent or  –5.74 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 13,626.06 with a loss of -0.073% percent or -9.93  point.

Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 2,149.86 with a loss of –0.62% percent or -13.42  point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 1,233.22 up with +0.032% percent or +0.39 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 2,428.31 with a loss of –1.04% percent or -25.49 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,775.81 up with +0.066% percent or  +1.17 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 2,315.71  with a loss of -0.32%percent or -7.50  point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 2,175.72 with a loss of –0.30%or 6.57 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 28,635.21  up with +0.31%percent or +89.03 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 29,427.87 up with +0.12%percent or+36.61 point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 3,565.14 with a loss of -0.12% percent or -4.29 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 47,812.19 with a loss of -1.11%percent or -535.40 point at 12:15 PM.For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 6,654.01 up with +0.23%percent or +15.16 point. France’s CAC  40 closed at 5,523.52 up with +0.93%percent or  +51.16 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 13,870.99 up with +1.66%percent or +227.04 point.