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 March 01.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.

MONDAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

TUESDAY’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 29,654.04 up with +percent or +688.03 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 29,376.66 up with + percent or +396.45 point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 3,541.15 up with + percent or +32.07 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 49,754.86 up with  + percent or +654.87 point at 12:15 PM.For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 6,483.43 with a loss of –percent or  –168.53 point. France’s CAC  40 closed at 5,703.22 with a loss of –percent or  –80.67 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 13,786.29 with a loss of percent or –93.04 point.