U.S. stock futures higher  in pre-market trading for , November 26.The Dow Futures is trading at 24,521.00 up with +1.06% percent or +257.00 point.  The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 2,660.75 up with +1.19% percent or +31.25 point. The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 6,640.00  up with  +1.67% percent or +110.25 point.

In overnight trading in the Eastern Hemisphere,Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 21,812.00 up with +0.76% percent or+165.45 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 26,339.44 up with +1.59% percent or +411.76 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 2,575.81  with a loss of -0.14% percent or  -3.67 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 35,065.93  up with +0.24% percent or +84.91 point at 12:15 PM.The FTSE 100 is trading at 7,024.97  up with +1.04% percent or +72.11 point. Germany’s DAX is trading at 11,317.83 up with 1.12% percent or +125.14 point. France’s CAC 40 is trading at 5,007.29 up with +1.22% percent or +60.35  point. The Stoxx Europe 600 is trading at 358.05 up with +1.15% percent or +4.13 point.

Monday’s Factors and Events

The positive sentiment comes after one of the most important shopping events of the year pulled in a record $6.22 billion in online sales, according to data compiled by Adobe Analytics. Investors will likely be keeping a close eye on the retail sector, especially as Cyber Monday kicks off.

Stocks suffered their worst Thanksgiving week since 2011 last week as a sell-off in once-loved technology stocks and oil prices put traders into risk-off mode. Shares of the collective “FAANG” (Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix and Alphabet) group all fell Friday, while oil dipped further into bear market territory.

Friday’s Activity

For the day the Dow is trading at 24,285.95  with a loss of  -0.73% percent or  -178.74 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,632.56  with a loss of -0.66% percent or -17.37 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 6,938.98   with a loss of -0.48% percent or -33.27  point.

Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,488.68  up with  +0.027% percent or +0.40 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 937.56 up with +0.016% percent or +0.15  point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 1,824.88  with a loss of  -0.16% percent or -2.99 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,161.40 with a loss of -0.84% percent or -9.89 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 1,554.01   with  a loss of -0.55% percent or -8.67  point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,456.23   with a loss of -0.60% percent or -8.79 point;