The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 4,260.62  up with +0.11% percent or +4.62 point.Other U.S. stock futures higher in pre-market trading for June 25.The Dow Futures is trading at 34,186.00 up with +0.31% percent or +104.00 point.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 14,380.50 up with +0.18% percent or +26.25 point.

FRIDAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

THURSDAY’S ACTIVITY

For the day the Dow is trading at 34,196.82 up with +0.95% percent or +322.58 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 4,266.49 up with +0.58% percent or +24.65 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 14,369.71 with +0.69% percent or +97.98 point.

Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed  at 2,333.62 up with +1.31% percent or +30.15 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 1,387.46 up with +1.36% percent or  18.63 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at2,702.04 up with +0.94% percent or +25.24 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,949.19 up with +0.55% percent or  +10.61  point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 2,556.84 with 0.66% percent or +16.72point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 2,405.42 up with +0.61% or +14.61  point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 29,066.18 up with +0.66% percent or +190.95 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 29,274.96 with +1.36% percent or +392.50point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 3,606.85 up with 1.13% percent or +40.20 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 52,797.43 with +0.19% percent or +98.43  point at 12:15 PM.For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 7,109.97 with +0.51% percent or +35.91 point. France’s CAC  40 closed at 6,631.15 up with +1.22% percent or +80.08 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 15,589.23 up with +0.86% percent or +132.84 point.