The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 4,138.62 with +0.26% percent or +10.87 point.Other U.S. stock futures lower in pre-market trading for April 23.The Dow Futures is trading at 33,792.00 up with +0.25% percent or +83.00 point.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 13,776.00 with +0.19% percent or +25.75 point.

FRIDAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

THURSDAY’S ACTIVITY

For the day the Dow is trading at 34,137.31 up with 0.93% percent or +316.01 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 4,173.42  up with +0.93% percent or +38.48 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 13,950.22 up with 1.19% percent or  +163.95 point.

Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed  at  2,232.61 with a loss of -0.31% percent or −7.01 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 1,325.8 with a los of -0.48%percent or  -6.43 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 2,700.37 with a loss of –0.41% percent or −11.22 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,878.70 with a loss of –1.06% percent or  −20.05 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 2,476.56  with a loss of –0.79% percent or −19.68 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 2,331.97  with a loss of –0.82% or −19.34 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 28,975.21 with a loss of –0.73% percent or ?212.96 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 28,958.80 up with +0.71% percent or +203.46 point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 3,461.76 with a loss of –0.097% percent or –3.35 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 48,215.11 up with +0.28% percent or +134.44 point at 12:15 PM.For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 6,938.24 up with +0.62% percent or +42.95 point. France’s CAC  40 closed at 6,267.28 up with 0.91% percent or +56.73 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 15,320.52 with 0.82% percent or +124.55 point.