The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 3,870.88  with a loss of -0.71% percent or -27.87 point.Other U.S. stock futures lower in pre-market trading for March 01.The Dow Futures is trading at 31,318.00  with a loss of -0.61% percent or -191.00 point.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 13,177.50 with a loss of -0.77% percent or -102.25 point.

TUESDAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

MONDAY’S ACTIVITY

For the day the Dow is trading at 31,535.51 up with +1.95% percent or  +603.14 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,901.82 up with +2.38% percent or +90.67 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 13,588.83 up with +3.01% percent or  +396.48 point.

Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed  at 2,275.32 up with +3.37% percent or +74.27 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 1,317.58 up with +3.05% percent or  +39.02 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 2,564.02 up with +2.71% percent or +67.76 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,773.40 up with +2.42% percent or  +41.98 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 2,360.91 up with  +2.50% percent or +57.69 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 2,211.99 with +2.44%or +52.67 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 29,420.63  with a loss of -0.82% percent or –242.87point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 29,119.40 with a loss of -1.13%percent or ?333.17 point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 3,496.11  with a loss of -1.56% percent or -55.29 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 50,089.05 up with  +0.47% percent or +233.66 point at 12:15 PM.For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 6,588.53 up with 1.62% percent or  +105.10 point. France’s CAC  40 closed at5,792.79 up with +1.57% percent or  +89.57 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 14,012.82 up with +1.64% percent or +226.53 point.