The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 4,170.88 up with +0.32% percent or +13.13 point.Other U.S. stock futures higher in pre-market trading for May 18.The Dow Futures is trading at 34,347.00 up with +0.27% percent or +91.00 point.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 13,397.90 with +0.71% percent or +94.38 point.

TUESDAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

MONDAY’S ACTIVITY

For the day the Dow is trading at 34,021.45 up with +percent or +229.23 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 4,232.60 up with + percent or +30.98 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 13,752.24 up with + percent or +119.39 point.

Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed  at 2,227.12 up with +0.11% percent or +2.49 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 1,356.83 up with + percent or  ++2.01 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 2,718.50 with a loss of – percent or −3.39 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,884.56 with a loss of – percent or  −5.76 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 2,480.28  with a loss of –percent or −6.28 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 2,336.13  with a loss of – or −6.52 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 28,406.84 up with + percent or +582.01 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 28,573.48 up with + percent or +379.39 point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 3,527.87 up with + percent or +10.25 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 50,232.92 up with percent or +652.19 point at 12:15 PM.For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 7,032.85 with a loss of –percent or ?10.76 point. France’s CAC  40 closed at 6,367.35 with a loss of –percent or ?17.79 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 15,514.50 up with +0.53% percent or +81.50 point.