U.S. stock futures are lower in pre-market trading for Thursday, September 07. The Dow Futures are trading at 21,802.00 with a loss of -0.05% percent or -12.50 point. The S&P 500 Futures are trading at 2,465.00 with a loss of -0.02% percent or -0.50 point.The Nasdaq Futures are trading at 5,956.25 for up with +0.02% percent or +1.25 point.

In overnight trading in the Eastern Hemisphere,  Japan’s Nikkei 225 are trading at 19,396.52 for up with +0.20% percent or +38.55 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng are trading at 27,522.92 with a loss of –0.33% percent or –90.84 point. China’s Shanghai Composite are trading at 3,365.50  with a loss of  –0.59% percent or –19.89 point. India’s S&P BSE Sensex are trading at 31,662.74 with 0.00% percent or 0.77  point at 12:15 PM. In Europe, The FTSE 100 are trading at 7,385.81 for up with +0.43% percent or +31.68point. Germany’s DAX are trading at 12,335.27 for up with +0.99% percent or +120.73 point. France’s CAC 40 are trading at 5,139.91 for up with +0.75% percent or +38.51 point. The Stoxx Europe 600 are trading at 375.62 for up with +0.42% percent or +1.43 point.

Thursday’s Factors and Events

U.S. stock index futures pointed to a slightly higher open on Thursday, as investors geared up for speeches from leading Federal Reserve members, as well as awaiting news from the European Central Bank’s latest Governing Council meeting.

Dow Jones industrial average futures fell 2 points, while S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 futures rose 1 point and rose 5.5 points, respectively.

Shares of TripAdvisor, Activision and Logitech all traded higher in the premarket. GoPro’s stock also rose after after forecasting rosy guidance for the third quarter.

Wednesday’s Activity

U.S. market were higher on Wednesday.For the day The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 21,807.64 for up with  +0.25% percent or +54.33 point. The S&P 500 closed at 2,465.54 for up with +0.31% percent or +7.69 point. The Nasdaq Composite closed at 6,393.31 for up with +0.28% percent or +17.74 point.

Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,402.20 for up with  +0.18% percent or +2.54 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 839.94 for up with +0.24% percent or +2.01 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 1,719.67 for up with +0.08% percent or +1.33 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,090.44 for up with +0.34% percent or +3.70 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 1,457.77 for up with  +0.28% percent or +4.07 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,365.77 for up with +0.29% percent or +3.92 point; and the Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend Index closed at 21,807.64 for up with +0.25% percent or +54.33 point.