The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 4,363.38 with a loss of -0.10% percent or -4.37 point.Other U.S. stock futures lower in pre-market trading for July 15.The Dow Futures is trading at 34,720.00 with a loss of -0.28% percent or -96.00 point.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 14,948.10 up with +0.38% percent or +56.37 point.

THURSDAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

WEDNESDAY’S ACTIVITY

For the day the Dow is trading at 34,933.23 up with +percent or +44.44 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 4,374.30 up with + percent or + point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 14,644.95 with a loss of percent or –32.70 point.

Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed  at 2,202.36 with a loss of -1.63% percent or -36.51 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 1,323.29 with a loss of –1.17% percent or  -15.70 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 2,656.43  with a loss of – percent or −15.33 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 2,015.96 up with + percent or  +5.38 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 2,592.73  with a loss of –percent or −3.85 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 2,451.69 with a loss of or1.11 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 28,256.52 with a loss of – percent or –351.97 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 28,078.69 with a loss of – percent or +291.23 point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 3,560.03 up with +percent or +31.52 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 53,209.11 up with  + percent or +305.06 point at 12:15 PM.For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 7,091.19 with a loss of –percent or –33.53 point. France’s CAC  40 closed at 6,558.38 with a loss of – percent or –0.090 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 15,788.98 with a loss of – percent or –0.66 point.