U.S. stock higher in pre-market trading for,April 08.The Dow Futures is trading at 22,622.00 up with +0.58% percent or +131.00 point.The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 2,655.62 up with +0.52% percent or +13.62 point.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 8,074.75 with +0.78% percent or +62.75 point.
In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 19,359.86 up with +2.16% percent or +409.68 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 23,923.61 with a loss of -1.36% percent or -329.68 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 2,811.17 with a loss of -0.34% percent or -9.59 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 30,050.48 with a loss of -0.056% percent or -16.73 point at 12:15 PM.Germany’s DAX is trading at 10,308.68 with a loss of –0.56% percent or –58.06 point. France’s CAC 40 is trading at 4,391.54 with a loss of –1.05% percent or –46.72 point. The Stoxx Europe 600 is trading at 324.49 with a loss of -0.63% percent or -0.63% point.
Wednesday’s Factors and Events
The Dow finished lower by 0.12% (or about 26 points) to 22,653.86. It was up approximately 940 points at its best and was still up about 300 points with 10 minutes left.
Despite the volatile end, it held onto almost all of yesterday’s 7.7% surge.
The other indices followed the same course. The NASDAQ dipped 0.33% (or nearly 26 points) to 7887.26 and the S&P declined 0.16% to 2659.41.
Tuesday Activity
For the day the Dow is trading at 22,653.86 with a loss of –0.12% percent or –26.13 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,659.41 with a loss of –0.16% percent or –4.27 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 7,887.26 with a loss of –0.33% percent or –25.98 point.
Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,139.17 up with +0.03% percent or +0.39 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 677.65 up with +0.44% percent or +3.00 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 1,463.92 up with +1.34% percent or +19.36 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,222.75 with a loss of –0.44% percent or -5.40 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 1,526.54 with a loss of –0.044% percent or -0.67 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,454.86 with a loss of –0.048%or -0.70 point.