The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 3,867.12 with a loss of -0.16% percent or -6.38 point..Other U.S. stock futures lower in pre-market trading for Feb 23.The Dow Futures is trading at 31,472.00 up with +0.02% percent or +6.00 point.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 13,132.20  up with -0.70% percent or -92.00 point.

TUESDAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

MONDAY’S ACTIVITY

For the day the Dow is trading at 31,521.69 up with +0.087% percent or  +27.37 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,876.50 with a loss of -0.77% percent or  -30.21 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 13,533.05 with a loss of -2.46% percent or  ?341.42 point.

Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed  at 2,251.07  with a loss of -0.69% percent or -15.62 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 1,296.51  up with +0.60% percent or  +7.74 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 2,527.02 with a loss of –0.33% percent or −8.37 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,764.92 with a loss of -1.00% percent or  −17.76 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 2,347.06 with a loss of –0.93% percent or -22.08 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 2,199.81 with a loss of –0.95% or −21.11 point

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 30,156.03 up with +0.46% percent or +138.11 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 30,670.96 with 1.16% percent or +351.13 point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 3,639.89 with a loss of -0.070% percent or -2.55 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 49,968.78 up with  +0.45% percent or +224.46 point at 12:15 PM.For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 6,612.24  with a loss of -0.18% percent or  -11.78 point. France’s CAC  40 closed at 5,767.44  with a loss of -0.11% percent or  -6.11 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 13,950.04  with a loss of -0.31% percent or -43.19 point.