U.S. stock futures higher in pre-market trading for , June o6 The Dow Futures is trading at 25,636.00  up with +0.31% percent or +78.00 point.The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 2,836.62 up with +0.31% percent or +8.87 point. The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 7,259.75  up with +0.43% percent or +31.25 point.

In overnight trading in the Eastern Hemisphere, In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 20,774.04  with a loss of -0.0099% percent or -2.06 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 26,948.79 up with +0.20% percent or ++54.49   point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 2,827.80 with a loss of -1.17% percent or -33.62 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 39,730.39  with a loss of -0.88% percent or -353.15  point at 12:15 PM.The FTSE 100 is trading at 7,270.56 up with +0.70% percent or +50.34 point. Germany’s DAX is trading at 12,064.73 up with +0.70% percent or +83.92 point. France’s CAC 40 is trading at 5,326.34 up with +0.65% percent or +34.35 point. The Stoxx Europe 600 is trading at 376.48 up  with +0.66% percent or +2.48 point.

Thursday’s Factors and Events

Markets will be monitoring ongoing global trade tensions, however, particularly the threat from President Donald Trump to impose a 5% tariff on all Mexican imports, in a political ploy criticized even by members of his own party.

Wednesday Activity

Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,506.79 with a loss of -0.12% percent or -1.77 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 916.22 with a loss of -0.29% percent or –2.67 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 1,874.71  up with +0.32% percent or +5.89 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,241.46 up with +0.69% percent or +8.51 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 1,664.12  up with +0.74% percent or +12.22 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,566.12 up with +0.80% or +12.50 point.