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 08.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.

MONDAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

TUESDAY’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 29,369.44 up with +percent or  +590.25  point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 29,380.23 with + percent or +91.55 point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 3,531.39 with + percent or +35.06 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 51,364.08 up with +percent or +632.45 point at 12:15 PM.For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 6,489.33 with a loss of –percent or –14.39 point. France’s CAC  40 closed at 5,659.26 up with +percent or  +50.72 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 14,056.72 with a loss of – percent or ?3.57 point.