S&P Futures Update : 01 Dec 2021

The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 4,622.00 with +1.20% percent or +55.00 point.Other U.S. stock futures higher in pre-market trading for Dec 01.The Dow Futures is trading at 34,769.40 with +0.83% percent or +285.70 point.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 16,367.40 up with +1.43% percent or +231.50 point.

WEDNESDAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

Germany is expected to make a decision on stricter measures on Wednesday amid a surge in cases there, and France recorded more than 30,000 new daily infections on Tuesday for the first time since August.

THURSDAY’S ACTIVITY

For the day the Dow is trading at 35,135.94 up with  +0.68%percent or +236.60 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 4,655.27 up with +1.32% percent or +60.65   point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 15,782.83 up with +1.88% percent or +291.18   point.

Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at  2,198.91 with a loss of –1.92% percent or -43.07 point. the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 1,343.15 with a loss of -2.14% percent or –29.34 point. the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 2,708.65 with a loss of –2.63% percent or −73.16   point. the S&P 100 Index closed at 2,117.51 with a loss of -1.57% percent or -33.70 point.the Russell 3000 Index closed at 2,685.54 with a loss of –1.98% percent or -54.25 point. the Russell 1000 Index closed at 2,545.78 with a loss of –1.98% or −51.53  point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 27,979.81 with 0.57% percent or  +158.05 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 23,726.96 up with +1.07% ercent or +251.70  point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 3,567.03 up with +0.088% percent or +3.14 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 57,768.15 up with +1.23% percent or +703.28 point at 12:15 PM.For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 7,059.45 with a loss of –0.71% percent or ?50.50 point. France’s CAC 40 closed at 6,721.16 with a loss of –0.81% percent or ?55.09  point.Germany’s DAX closed at 15,100.13 with  a loss of –1.18% percent or ?180.73 point.