U.S. stock futures lower  in pre-market trading for , January 10.The Dow Futures is trading at 23,729.00  with a loss of -0.42% percent or -101.00 point. The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 2,569.00  with a loss of  -0.52% percent or -13.50 point. The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 6,565.25   with a loss of  -0.60% percent or -39.50 point.

In overnight trading in the Eastern Hemisphere, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 20,163.80  with a loss of  -1.29% percent or -263.26 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 26,467.16  up with +0.018% percent or +4.84  point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 2,535.10  with a loss of -0.36% percent or  -9.25 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 36,130.63  with a loss of -0.23% percent or -82.28 point at 12:15 PM.The FTSE 100 is trading at 6,896.51  with  a loss of -0.15% percent or -10.12 point. Germany’s DAX is trading at 10,870.73   with a loss of  -0.21% percent or -22.59 point. France’s CAC 40 is trading at 4,788.29   with a loss of – 0.53% percent or -25.28 point. The Stoxx Europe 600 is trading at 346.85  with a loss of  -0.24% percent or -0.87 point.

Thursday’s Factors and Events

U.S. stock index futures were lower on Thursday morning, as market participants awaited further developments from the latest round of U.S.-China trade talks.

At around 5:30 a.m. ET, Dow futures indicated a negative open of about 130 points. Futures on the S&P and Nasdaq were also seen relatively downbeat.

The moves in pre-market trade come after delegations from Washington and Beijing ended three days of trade negotiations in China on Wednesday.

China’s commerce ministry said Thursday the negotiations were extensiveand had helped set up a foundation for further talks.

Wednesday’s Activity

For the day the Dow is trading at 23,879.12  up with  +0.39% percent or +91.67 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,584.96  up with +0.41% percent or +10.55 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at +6,957.08 up with +0.87% percent or +60.08 point.

Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,438.81 up  with +0.86% percent or +12.25 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 896.69  up with +1.04% percent or +9.19  point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 1,747.43  up with +0.91% percent or +15.80 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,146.66 up with +0.24% percent or +2.79 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 1,524.62  up with +0.49% percent or +7.48 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,430.32 up with +0.46% percent or +6.61 point