The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 4,167.88 up with +0.19% percent or +7.88 point.Other U.S. stock futures higher in pre-market trading for May 06.The Dow Futures is trading at 34,163.00 up with +0.13% percent or +45.00 point.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 13,544.00 up with +0.39% percent or +53.00 point.

WEDNESDAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

TUESDAY’S ACTIVITY

For the day the Dow is trading at 34,230.34 up with +percent or +97.31 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 4,167.59 up with + percent or +2.93 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 13,582.42 with a loss of – percent or –51.08 point.

Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed  at  2,241.37 with a loss of percent or -6.92 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 1,353.81 with a loss of -0.04% percent or  -0.60 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 2,726.67 with a loss of – percent or −4.30 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,889.01 up with percent or  +1.29 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 2,488.38 with a loss of –percent or −0.91 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 2,343.24 with a loss of – or −0.40 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 29,321.17 up with + percent or +508.54 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 28,565.81 up with + percent or +147.83 point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 3,451.29 up with + percent or +4.27 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 48,668.03 with a loss of percent or ?9.52 point at 12:15 PM.For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 7,039.30 with percent or +116.13 point. France’s CAC  40 closed at 6,339.47 up with percent or +87.72 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 15,170.78 up with + percent or +314.30 point.