The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 4,166.88 with a loss of -0.11% percent or -4.62 point.Other U.S. stock futures higher in pre-market trading for April 26.The Dow Futures is trading at 33,943.00 up with +0.01% percent or +2.00 point.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 13,880.50 with a loss of -0.33% percent or -46.50 point.

MONDAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

FRIDAY’S ACTIVITY

For the day the Dow is trading at 34,043.49  up with 0.67% percent or +227.59 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 4,180.17  up with 1.09% percent or +45.19 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 14,016.81 up with +1.44% percent or +198.39 point.

Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed  at  2,271.86 up with +1.76% percent or +39.24 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 1,350.06 up with +1.83% percent or  +24.22 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 2,745.71 up with +1.68% percent or +45.34 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,898.23 up with +1.04% percent or  +19.53 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 2,505.79 up with +1.18% percent or +29.23 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 2,358.52 up with 1.14% or +26.55 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 29,141.84 up with 0.42% percent or +121.21 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 29,086.76 up with +0.028% percent or +8.01 point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 3,469.55 with a loss of –0.20% percent or ?6.80 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 48,586.26 up with +1.48% percent or +707.81 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.