The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 4,194.12 up with +0.47% percent or +19.62 point.Other U.S. stock futures higher in pre-market trading for May 03.The Dow Futures is trading at 33,960.50 up with +0.57% percent or +193.50 point.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 13,873.80 up with +0.17% percent or +0.17% point.

MONDAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

FRIDAY’S ACTIVITY

For the day the Dow is trading at 33,874.85  with a loss of –percent or –185.51 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 4,181.17 with a loss of – percent or –30.30 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 13,962.68  with a loss of – percent or –119.86 point.

Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed  at  2,266.4 with a loss of percent or -29.01 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 1,345.54 with a loss of -1.32% percent or  -18.02 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 2,725.15 with a loss of – percent or −37.17 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,900.83 with a loss of – percent or  −12.02 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 2,503.56  with a loss of –percent or −19.74 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 2,356.67 with a loss of or −17.74 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 28,812.63 with a loss of – percent or –241.34 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 28,268.93 with a loss of – percent or ?455.95 point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 3,446.86 with a loss of – percent or –28.04 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 48,424.65 with a loss of – percent or –357.71 point at 12:15 PM.For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 6,969.81 up with +percent or +8.33 point. France’s CAC  40 closed at 6,269.48 with a loss of  –percent or –33.09 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 15,135.91 with a loss of – percent or –18.29 point.