The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 3,946.38 up with +0.39% percent or +15.38 point.Other U.S. stock futures higher in pre-market trading for Feb 16.The Dow Futures is trading at 31,537.00 up with +0.45% percent or +140.00 point.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 13,840.20 up with +0.26% percent or +35.50 point.

TUESDAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

MONDAY’S ACTIVITY

For the day the Dow is trading at 31,430.70 with a loss of –percent or  ?7.10 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,916.38 up with + percent or  +6.50 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 14,025.77 up with + percent or  +53.24 point.

Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 2,289.36 up with +0.18% percent or +4.04 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 1,297.90  up with +0.16% percent or  +2.09 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 2,544.55 up with +0.37% percent or +9.30 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,803.12 up with +0.37% percent or  +6.66 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 2,387.37  up with +0.48%percent or +11.42 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 2,237.63 up with +0.50%or +11.22 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 30,696.70 up with +2.04%percent or  +612.55 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 30,173.57 up with +1.39% percent or +420.87 point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 3,655.09 with +1.43% percent or +51.60 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 52,218.93 up with +0.12% percent or +64.80 point at 12:15 PM.For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 6,756.11 up with +2.52%percent or +166.32 point.France’s CAC  40 closed at 5,786.25 up with +1.45% percent or +82.58 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 14,109.48 up with +0.42% percent or +59.59 point.