U.S. stock futures lower in pre-market trading for,October 14.The Dow Futures is trading at 26,690.00 with a loss of -0.32% percent or -85.00 point. The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 2,960.88  with a loss of -0.33% percent or -9.87 point.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 7,826.50 with a loss of  -0.41% percent or -32.50 point.

In overnight trading in the Eastern Hemisphere, In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 21,798.87 up with +1.15% percent or +246.89 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 26,525.13 up with +0.82% percent or +216.69 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 3,001.75 up with +0.94% percent or +28.09 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 38,302.96 up with 0.46% percent or +175.88 point at 12:15 PM.Germany’s DAX is trading at 12,425.10  with a loss of –0.69% percent or –86.55 point. France’s CAC 40 is trading at 5,616.97 with a loss of –0.86% percent or –48.50 point. The Stoxx Europe 600 is trading at 388.15 with a loss of -0.88% percent or -3.45 point.

Monday’s Factors and Events

Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average YMZ19, -0.30%  fell 118 points, or 0.4% to 26,656, while those for the S&P 500 ESZ19, -0.30%  lost 14.8 points, or 0.5%, to 2,956.25. Nasdaq-100 futures NQZ19, -0.35%  , meanwhile, fell 48.25 points, or 0.6%, to 7,812.

Friday Activity

Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,511.90 up with +1.79% percent or +26.54 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 935.60 up with +1.88% percent or +17.24 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 1,916.57 up with +1.72% percent or +32.40 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,315.77 up with +1.03% percent or +13.36 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 1,738.62 up with +1.18%  percent or  +20.25  point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,640.93  up with +1.14%  or +18.44 point.