U.S. stock higher in pre-market trading for,May 20.The Dow Futures is trading at 24,441.00 up with +1.17% percent or +283.00 point.The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 2,951.38 up with +1.12% percent or +32.63 point.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 9,392.62 up with +0.99% percent or +91.87 point.
In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 20,595.15 up with +0.79% percent or +161.70 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 24,366.21 with a loss of –0.090% percent or ?21.92 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 2,883.74 with a loss of –0.51% percent or –14.84 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 30,483.29 up with +0.95% percent or +287.12 point at 12:15 PM.Germany’s DAX is trading at 11,098.12 up with +0.21% percent or +22.83 point. France’s CAC 40 is trading at 4,438.74 with a loss of –0.44% percent or –19.42 point. The Stoxx Europe 600 is trading at 340.01 up with +0.15% percent or +0.52 point.
Wednesday’s Factors and Events
Target earned 59 cents per share for the first quarter, beating the consensus estimate of 40 cents a share. Revenue beat forecasts as well. Comparable store sales rose 10.8%, beating projections of a 7.5% increase, with the bulk of the growth driven by a surge in digital sales.
Tuesday Activity
For the day the Dow is trading at 24,206.86 with a loss of -1.59% percent or -390.51 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,922.94 with a loss of –1.05% percent or -30.97 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 9,185.10 with a loss of -0.54% percent or -49.72 point.
Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,307.72 with a loss of -1.95% percent or -25.97 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 747.78 with a loss of -2.09% percent or – 15.94 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 1,652.63 with a loss of –1.28% percent or -21.43 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,344.10 with a loss of –1.01% percent or -13.78 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 1,694.89 with a loss of –1.06% percent or -18.18 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,612.07 with a loss of –1.01% or -16.39 point.