U.S. stock futures lower  in pre-market trading for , November 06.The Dow Futures is trading at 25,382.00  with a loss of -0.23% percent or -59.00 point. The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 2,731.75  with a loss of -0.28% percent or -7.75 point.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 6,913.50 with a loss of -0.52% percent or -36.00 point.

In overnight trading in the Eastern Hemisphere, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 22,147.75   up with +1.14% percent or +248.76 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 26,120.96  up with +0.72%percent or +186.57 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 2,659.36  with a loss of -0.23% percent or  -6.07 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 35,022.02 up with  +0.20% percent or +71.10 point at 12:15 PM.The FTSE 100 is trading at 7,080.71  with  a loss of -0.33% percent or -23.13 point. Germany’s DAX is trading at 11,453.68 with a loss of – 0.36% percent or -41.28 point. France’s CAC 40 is trading at 5,081.54  with a loss of -0.39%  percent or -19.85  point. The Stoxx Europe 600 is trading at 362.64 with a loss of -0.24% percent or -0.83 point.

Tuesday’s Factors and Events

The Democrats were leading with a 7 point advantage ahead of the vote, according to an NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll released Sunday. Data released on Monday showed that more than 35 million people have already cast their vote in early voting, indicating a record turnout for the 2018 midterms. In 2014, fewer than 20 million early votes were counted the day prior to the midterms.

On the earnings front, CVS Health, Eli Lilly and Ralph Lauren are set to report results before the bell, while Match Group and Pioneer Natural Resources post their financials after the bell.

Monday’s Activity

For the day the Dow is trading at 25,461.70  up with +0.76% percent or  +190.87 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,738.31 up with +0.56% percent or +15.25 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 7,328.85 with a loss of -0.38% percent or -28.14  point.

Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,547.51 with a loss of -0.03% percent or -0.47 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 974.74 up with +0.13% percent or +1.31 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 1,870.39 up with +0.43% percent or +7.99 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,217.50 up with +0.56% percent or +6.76 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 1,615.69 up  with +0.45% percent or +7.23 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,514.04 up with +0.49% percent or +7.34  point;