U.S. stock futures higher in pre-market trading for Friday, June 01. The Dow Futures is trading at 24,538.00 up with +0.50% percent or 121.00 point.The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 2,717.75 up with +0.45% percent or  +12.25 point.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 6,999.75 up with +0.33% percent or  +23.00 point.

In overnight trading in the Eastern Hemisphere,Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 22,171.35  with a loss of  -0.14% percent or -30.47 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 30,498.30 up with +0.098% percent or +29.74 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 3,075.14  with a loss of  -0.66% percent or -20.34 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 35,321.49 with a loss of – 0.0025% percent or  -0.89  point at 12:15 PM.The FTSE 100 is trading at 7,731.37 up with +0.69% percent or +53.09 point. Germany’s DAX is trading at 12,721.39 up with +0.92% percent or +116.50 point. France’s CAC 40 is trading at 5,465.00 up with +1.23% percent or +66.10 point. The Stoxx Europe 600 is trading at 386.89 up with +1.00% percent or +3.83 point.

Friday’s Factors and Events

U.S. stock index futures rose ahead of Friday’s open, pointing to a rebound from losses seen in the previous session, as Wall Street awaited the latest jobs report.

Around 6:55 a.m. ET, Dow Jones industrial average futures climbed 131 points, indicating a higher open of 138.16 points. Nasdaq 100 and the S&P 500 futures, meanwhile, also indicated a positive start to the session for their respective markets.

The May nonfarm payrolls report is scheduled for release at 8:30 a.m. ET. Investors will disect the report looking for clues about the Federal Reserve’s next monetary policy moves.

Thursday’s Activity

For the day the Dow is trading at 24,415.84  with a loss of  -1.02% percent or -251.94 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,705.27 with  a loss of -0.69% percent or -18.74 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 7,442.12  with a loss of -0.27% percent or  -20.34 point.

Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,633.61 with a loss of -0.87% percent or -14.38 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 1,007.54   with a loss of  -1.07% percent or -10.92 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 1,946.43  with a loss of  -1.09% percent or  -21.53 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,188.91  with a loss of -0.50% percent or  -5.99 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 1,610.67  with  a loss of -0.71% percent or  -11.47 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,502.31 with a loss of  -0.69% percent or   – 10.48 point;