U.S. stock higher in pre-market trading for,August 05.The Dow Futures is trading at 26,901.00 up with +0.69% percent or +184.00 point.The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 3,317.88 up with +0.54% percent or +17.88 point.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 11,120.00 up with +0.31% percent or +34.00 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 22,514.85 with a loss of –0.26% percent or ?58.81 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 25,131.60 up with +0.74% percent or +184.97 point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 3,377.56 up with +0.17% percent or +5.88 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 37,700.28 up with +0.033% percent or +12.37  point at 12:15 PM.Germany’s DAX is trading at 12,699.84 up with +0.79% percent or +98.97 point. France’s CAC 40 is trading at 4,931.73 up with +0.86% percent or +42.21 point. The Stoxx Europe 600 is trading at 366.11 up with +0.75% percent or +2.72 point.

Wednesday’s Factors and Events

Disney reported adjusted quarterly profit of 8 cents per share, compared with a consensus estimate of a 64 cent loss. Disney’s bottom line was hit hard by pandemic-related theme park closures and the lack of live sports for its TV networks, but it did report strong growth for its Disney+ streaming service.

Tuesday Activity

For the day the Dow is trading at 26,828.47 up with +0.62% percent or +164.07 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,306.51 up with +0.36% percent or +11.90 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 10,941.17 up with +0.35% percent or +38.37 point.


Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,517.21 up with +0.69% percent or +10.41 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 881.14 up with +0.56% percent or +4.95 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 1,894.20 up with +0.51% percent or +9.65 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,524.36 up with +0.32% percent or +4.92  point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 1,933.72 up with +0.37% percent or +7.17 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,837.31 up with +0.35% or +6.47 point.