U.S. stock futures higher in pre-market trading for Monday, April 30.The Dow Futures is trading at 24,374.00 up with +0.37% percent or +90.00 point.The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 2,679.00 up with +0.28% percent or +7.50 point. The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 6,747.756,702.00 up with +0.48% percent or +32.25 point.
In overnight trading in the Eastern Hemisphere,Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 22,467.87 up with +0.66% percent or +148.26 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 30,756.32 up with +1.57% percent or +475.65 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 3,082.23 up with +0.23% percent or +7.20 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 35,206.09 up with +0.68% percent or +236.39 point at 12:15 PM.The FTSE 100 is trading at 7,521.50 up with +0.26% percent or +19.29 point. Germany’s DAX is trading at 12,607.91 up with +0.21% percent or +26.12 point. France’s CAC 40 is trading at 5,488.28 up with +0.093% percent or +5.10 point. The Stoxx Europe 600 is trading at 384.68 with a loss of -0.00% percent or -0.01 point.
Monday’s Factors and Events
Friday’s Activity
U.S. market were mixed on Friday.For the day the Dow is trading at 24,311.19 with a loss of -0.046% percent or -11.15 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,669.91 up with +0.11% percent or +2.97 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 7,119.80 up with +0.016% percent or +1.12 point.
Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,556.24 with a loss of -0.11% percent or -1.66 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 956.18 with a loss of -0.26% percent or ?2.52 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 1,892.23 with a loss of -0.16% percent or ?2.98 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,169.90 up with +0.062% percent or +0.73 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 1,582.64 up with +0.074% percent or +1.17 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,480.04 up with +0.089% percent or +1.32 point;
Shares of Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) rallied around 7% to in pre-market trade on Friday, after the e-commerce giant posted earnings that beat on both the top and bottom line.
Shares of Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) also gained nearly 4% in pre-market trade on Friday after the computer giant also topped consensus expectations.
Chevron (NYSE:CVX), Exxon (NYSE:XOM) and Colgate-Palmolive (NYSE:CL) will be among other firms releasing quarterly earnings before Friday’s opening bel
On the economic front, investors looked ahead to the preliminary reading of first-quarter U.S. growth due at 8:30AM ET (12:30GMT) Friday to gauge if the world’s largest economy is strong enough to withstand multiple rate hikes in the coming months.