The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 4,173.62 up with +0.37% percent or +15.37 point.Other U.S. stock futures higher in pre-market trading for May 05.The Dow Futures is trading at 34,113.00 up with +0.27% percent or +97.50 point.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 13,599.80 up with +0.55% percent or +74.00 point.

WEDNESDAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

TUESDAY’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  2,248.29 with a loss of percent or -29.17 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 1,354.41 with a loss of -0.48% percent or  -6.55 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 2,730.97 with a loss of – percent or −9.40 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 2,730.97 with a loss of – percent or  −17.06 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 2,489.30 with a loss of –percent or −19.75 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 2,343.64 with a loss of or −17.75 point

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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 28,443.87 with a loss of – percent or ?113.27 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 48,421.99 up with + percent or +168.48 point at 12:15 PM.For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 6,923.17 with a loss of –percent or ?46.64 point. France’s CAC  40 closed at 6,251.75 with a loss of –percent or ?56.15 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 14,856.48 with a loss of – percent or –379.99 point.