The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 4,092.62 up with +0.09% percent or +3.62 point.Other U.S. stock futures lower in pre-market trading for April 08.The Dow Futures is trading at 33,457.00 up with +0.20% percent or +67.00 point.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 13,729.40 with a loss of -0.13% percent or -18.37 point.

FRIDAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

THURSDAY’S ACTIVITY

For the day the Dow is trading at 33,503.57  up with +0.17% percent or +57.31 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 4,097.17 up with 0.42% percent or +17.22 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 13,829.31 up with +1.03% percent or  +140.47 point.

Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed  at  2,242.60

with a loss of –0.88% percent or -19.54 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 1,332.13 with 0.51% percent or  +6.82 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 2,657.89 up with +0.38% percent or +9.97point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,867.07 with  +0.50% percent or  +9.35 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 2,454.70 up with +0.52% percent or +12.82 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 2,309.15 up with +0.50% or +11.47 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 29,868.90 up with +0.54% percent or +159.92 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 28,634.46 with a loss of –1.29% percent or ?373.61 point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 3,446.83 with a loss of –1.03% percent or +2.93 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 49,665.68  with a loss of –0.16% percent or ?80.53 point at 12:15 PM.For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 6,942.22 up with 0.83% percent or +56.90point. France’s CAC  40 closed at 6,165.72 up with +0.57% percent or +35.06 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 15,202.68 up with +0.17% percent or +26.32 point.