The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 3,924.88  up with +0.73% percent or +28.38 point.Other U.S. stock futures lower in pre-market trading for March 11.The Dow Futures is trading at 32,383.00  up with +0.32% percent or +104.00 point.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 12,981.20 up with +1.82% percent or +232.00 point.

THURSDAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

WEDNESDAY’S ACTIVITY

For the day the Dow is trading at 32,297.02 up with +percent or +464.28 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,898.81 up with + percent or ++23.37 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 13,068.83  with a loss of  percent or  –4.99 point.

Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed  at 2,285.68 up with +1.81% percent or +40.62 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 1,366.999 up with 2.01% percent or  +27.00 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 2,582.99 up with +1.39% percent or +35.41 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,769.80 with +0.55% percent or  +9.67 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 2,350.47 up with 0.67%percent or +15.62 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 2,200.69 up with +0.58% or +12.74 point

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 29,211.64 up with +percent or +175.08 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 29,247.18 up with + percent or +339.66 point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 3,435.16 up with + percent or +77.43 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 51,279.51 up with  percent or +254.03 point at 12:15 PM.For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 6,725.60  with a loss of –percent or –4.74 point. France’s CAC  40 closed at 5,990.55 up with +percent or +65.58 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 14,540.25 up with +percent or +102.31 point.