The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 3,797.38 up with +0.84%  percent or +31.68 point.Other U.S. stock futures higher in pre-market trading for Feb 02.The Dow Futures is trading at 30,337.50  up with +0.76% percent or +227.50 point.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 13,361.40 with +0.94% percent or +124.88 point.

TUESDAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

MONDAY’S ACTIVITY

For the day the Dow is trading at 30,211.91 up with +0.76% percent or  +229.29 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,773.86 up with +1.61% percent or +59.62  point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 13,403.40 up with  +2.55% percent or +332.70 point.

Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 2,126.16 with 2.53% percent or -52.52  point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 1,210.25  up with +1.81% percent or +21.54 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 2,388.77 up with +2.08% percent or +48.65 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,737.10 up with +1.60% percent or  +27.35 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 2,274.54  up with +1.71% percent or +38.17  point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 2,135.96 with +1.65% or +34.59 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 28,362.17  up with +0.97% percent or +271.12  point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 29,341.57 up with +1.55% percent or +448.71 point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 3,530.12 with +0.71% percent or +24.84 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 3,530.12 with +1.74% percent or +846.14 point at 12:15 PM.For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 6,466.42  up with +0.92% percent or +58.96  point. France’s CAC  40 closed at 5,461.68  up with +1.16% percent or  +62.47 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 13,622.02  with 1.41% percent or +189.15 point.