The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 4,122.12 with +0.05%percent or +1.87 point.Other U.S. stock futures higher in pre-market trading for April 13.The Dow Futures is trading at 33,658.50 with +0.08% percent or +27.50 point.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 13,811.00 with +0.02% percent or +2.25 point.

TUESDAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

MONDAY’S ACTIVITY

For the day the Dow is trading at 33,800.60  up with +percent or +297.03 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 4,128.80 up with  percent or +31.63 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 13,900.19 up with + percent or  +70.88 point.

 

Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed  at 2,233.78 with a loss of -0.43% percent or -9.69 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 1,335.39 up with +0.06% percent or  +0.83 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 2,679.31 up with + percent or +8.79 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,881.82 with a loss of – percent or  point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 2,470.98 with a loss of percent or −0.12point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 2,326.24 up with + or ++0.61  point

 

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 29,751.61 up with  +percent or +212.88 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 28,571.33 up with + percent or +118.05 point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 3,390.90 with a loss of – percent or –22.05 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 47,980.12  up with + percent or +96.74 point at 12:15 PM. For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 6,889.12 with a loss of –percent or ?26.63 point. France’s CAC  40 closed at 6,161.68  with a loss of –percent or ?7.73 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 15,215.00 with  a loss of – percent or ?19.16 point.