The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 3,911.62  up with +0.29% percent or +11.12 point.Other U.S. stock futures higher in pre-market trading for March 26.The Dow Futures is trading at 32,587.00  with +0.26% percent or +86.00 point.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 12,808.10 with  +0.29% percent or +37.62 point.

FRIDAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

THURSDAY’S ACTIVITY

For the day the Dow is trading at 32,619.48 up with +0.62%percent or +199.42point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,909.52 up with +0.52% percent or +20.38 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 12,977.68 up with +0.12% percent or  +15.79 point.

Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed  at 2,183.12  up with +2.29% percent or +48.86 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 1,299.99 up with 2.62% percent or  +33.16point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 2,567.03 up with +2.05% percent or +51.56 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,771.45 with +0.31% percent or  +5.48 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 2,344.58 up with 0.67%percent or +15.61  point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 2,202.46 up with +0.55% or +12.08 point

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 29,135.88 up with +1.41%percent or +406.00 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 28,397.45  up with 1.78% percent or +497.84 point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 3,421.21 up with +1.71% percent or +57.62 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 49,113.81 up with  percent or +673.69 point at 12:15 PM.For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 6,674.83  with a loss of -0.57%percent or ?38.06 point. France’s CAC  40 closed at 5,952.41 up with +0.086%percent or ++5.12 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 14,621.36 up with +0.075% percent or +10.97 point.