The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 4,199.38 up with +0.12% percent or +5.13 point.Other U.S. stock futures higher in pre-market trading for May 07.The Dow Futures is trading at 34,472.00 up with +30.00 percent or +45.00 point.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 13,622.10 up with +0.18% percent or +24.37 point.

FRIDAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

THURSDAY’S ACTIVITY

For the day the Dow is trading at 34,548.53 up with +0.93% percent or +318.19 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 4,201.62 up with +0.82% percent or +34.03 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 13,632.84 up with +0.37% percent or +50.42 point.

Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed  at 2,241.42 with 0.00% percent or -0.05 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 1,361.61 up with +0.58% percent or  7.80 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 2,739.43 up with +0.47% percent or +12.76 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,908.27 up with +1.02% percent or  +19.26 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 2,503.36 up with +0.60% percent or +14.98 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 2,358.35 with 0.64% or +15.11 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 29,371.60 up with +0.14% percent or +37.15 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 28,708.92 up with +0.25% percent or +71.46point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 3,443.76 up with +0.072% percent or +2.48 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 49,278.53 up with +0.67% percent or +328.77 point at 12:15 PM.For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 7,076.17 with 0.52% percent or +36.87 point. France’s CAC  40 closed at 6,357.09 up with 0.+28% percent or +17.62 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 15,196.748 up with +0.17% percent or ++25.96 point.