The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 3,879.88 up with +0.40%  percent or +15.28 point.Other U.S. stock futures higher in pre-market trading for Feb 05.The Dow Futures is trading at 31,067.50  up with +0.38% percent or +117.50 point.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 13,595.10  with +0.35% percent or +47.62 point.

WEDNESDAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

FRIDAY’S ACTIVITY

For the day the Dow is trading at 31,055.86 up with +1.08% percent or  +332.26 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,871.74 up with +1.09% percent or +41.57  point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 13,777.74 up with  +1.23% percent or +167.20 point.

Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 2,202.42 up with +1.98% percent or +42.72  point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 1,238.28  up with +1.70% percent or +20.69 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 2,452.33 up with +1.38% percent or +33.44  point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,783.94 up with +1.07% percent or  +18.90 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 2,337.50  up with +1.19% percent or +27.56  point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 2,193.79 with +1.13% or +24.62 point

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 28,762.41 up with +1.48% percent or  +420.46  point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 29,348.36 with +0.81% percent or +234.86 point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 3,514.48 with +0.36% percent or +12.62 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 50,924.01  up with +0.61% percent or +309.72 point at 12:15 PM.For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 6,503.72 with a loss of -0.063% percent or ?4.10 point. France’s CAC 40 closed at 5,608.54 up with +0.82% percent or +45.49 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 14,060.29 up with +0.91% percent or +126.66 point.