The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 4,213.38 with +0.34% percent or +14.38 point.Other U.S. stock futures higher in pre-market trading for May 28.The Dow Futures is trading at 34,595.00 up with +0.46% percent or +158.00 point.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 13,714.60 with +0.36% percent or +49.12 point.

THURSDAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

THURSDAY’S ACTIVITY

For the day the Dow is trading at 34,464.64 with +percent or +141.59 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 4,200.88 up with + percent or +4.89 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 13,736.28 with a loss of percent or ?1.72 point.

Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed  at 2,273.07 with 1.06% percent or +23.80 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 1,376.13 up with +0.99% percent or  +13.53 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 2,725.91 up with + percent or +17.20 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,903.67 up with percent or  −1.16 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 2,509.59 with +percent or +5.07 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 2,362.27 with + or +3.33 point.

 

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 29,149.41 with + percent or +600.40 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 29,119.55 up with + percent or +6.35 point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 3,595.05 with a loss of – percent or ?13.80 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 51,417.53 up with +percent or +302.31 point at 12:15 PM.For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 7,019.67 with a loss of –percent or ?7.26 point. France’s CAC  40 closed at 6,435.71 up with +percent or +44.11 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 15,406.73 with a loss of – percent or –43.99 point.