U.S. stock futures higher in pre-market trading for , June 11 The Dow Futures is trading at 26,198.50  up with +0.43% percent or +112.50 point.The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 2,902.38 up with +0.45% percent or +13.13 point.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 7,565.00  up with +0.66% percent or +49.50 point.

In overnight trading in the Eastern Hemisphere, In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 21,134.42  up with +1.20% percent or +249.71 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 27,531.86 up with +2.10% percent or +566.58   point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 2,852.13 up with +0.86% percent or +24.33 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 39,670.32  up with +0.14% percent or +54.42 point at 12:15 PM.The FTSE 100 is trading at 7,403.23 up with +0.38% percent or +27.69 point. Germany’s DAX is trading at 12,198.32 up with +1.27% percent or +152.94 point. France’s CAC 40 is trading at 5,424.24 up with +0.78% percent or +41.75 point. The Stoxx Europe 600 is trading at 381.52 up  with +0.86% percent or +3.25 point.

Tuesday’s Factors and Events

The U.S. president also defended his approach of slapping tariffs on international partners, saying tariffs are putting the U.S. “at a tremendous competitive advantage.”

“The China deal is going to work out. You know why? Because of tariffs,” Trump told CNBC. “Right now, China is getting absolutely decimated by companies that are leaving China, going to other countries, including our own, because they don’t want to pay the tariffs.”

Monday Activity

For the day the Dow is trading at 26,062.68 up  with +0.30% percent or +78.74 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,886.73 up with +0.47% percent or +13.39 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 7,823.17  up with +1.05% percent or +81.07 point.

Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,523.56 up  with +0.61% percent or +9.17 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 926.60 up with +0.73% percent or +6.71 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 1,902.19  up with +0.54% percent or +10.19 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,272.58 up with +0.55% percent or +6.93 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 1,697.87  up with +0.50% percent or +8.43 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,598.94 up with +0.49% or +7.82 point.