U.S. stock futures higher in pre-market trading for Tuesday, May 22. The Dow Futures is trading at 25,053.00 up with +0.20% percent or +51.00 point. The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 2,738.25 up with +0.19% percent or +5.25 point. The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 6,939.00 up with +0.34% percent or +23.75 point.
In overnight trading in the Eastern Hemisphere, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 22,960.34 with a loss of -0.18% percent or -42.03 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 31,234.35 up with +0.60% percent or +186.44 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 3,212.62 with a loss of -0.038% percent or -1.22 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 34,690.95 up with +0.22% percent or +74.82 point at 12:15 PM.The FTSE 100 is trading at 7,870.28 up with +0.14% percent or +11.11 point. Germany’s DAX is trading at 13,091.52 up with +0.11% percent or +13.80 point. France’s CAC 40 is trading at 5,632.31 with a loss of -0.092% percent or -5.21 point. The Stoxx Europe 600 is trading at 395.92 up with +0.01% percent or +0.05 point.
Tuesday’s Factors and Events
Monday’s Activity
U.S. market were mixed on Monday.For the day the Dow is trading at 25,013.29 up with +1.21% percent or +298.20 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,733.01 up with +0.74% percent or +20.04 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 7,394.04 up with +0.54% percent or +39.70 point.
Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,637.44 up with +0.66% percent or +10.81 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 1,011.82 up with +0.92% percent or +9.25 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 1,962.48 up with +0.98% percent or +19.11 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,200.53 with +0.83% percent or +9.88 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 1,625.35 up with +0.74% percent or +11.87 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,516.88 up with +0.74% percent or +11.17 point;
U.S. stock index futures pointed to a higher open Tuesday, continuing the positive sentiment that sent the Dow Jones industrial average above the 25,000 threshold Monday for the first time since March.
At around 7 a.m. ET, Dow futures rose 53 points, indicating a higher implied open of 50.71 points. Nasdaq 100 and S&P 500 futures also indicated an upbeat start to the session for their respective markets.
The rise in the premarket followed a strong rally on Wall Street during the previous session. On Monday, the Dow surged nearly 300 points while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq composite advanced 0.7 percent and 0.5 percent, respectively.