U.S. stock higher in pre-market trading for,August 31.The Dow Futures is trading at 28,653.00 up with +0.15% percent or +42.00 point.The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 3,512.38 up with +0.22% percent or +7.88 point.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 12,018.80 up with +0.23% percent or +27.00 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 23,139.76 up with +1.12% percent or +257.11 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 25,412.69 with a loss of –0.037% percent or –9.37 point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 3,395.68 with a loss of –0.24%% percent or –8.13  point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 39,261.65 with a loss of –0.52% percent or 205.78 point at 12:15 PM.Germany’s DAX is trading at 13,077.17 UP with +0.34% percent or +43.97 point. France’s CAC 40 is trading at 5,028.36 up with +0.51% percent or +25.42 point. The Stoxx Europe 600 is trading at 369.38 up with +0.16% percent or  +0.58 point.

Monday’s Factors and Events

BlackRock received approval from China regulators to set up a mutual fund unit in that country, becoming the first global asset manager to receive such approval.

Friday Activity

For the day the Dow is trading at 28,653.87 up with 0.57% percent or +161.60  point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,508.01 up with +0.67% percent or +23.46 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 11,695.63 up with +0.60% percent or  +70.30 point.

Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,578.34 with 0.00% percent or 0.00 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 912.02 up with +0.72% percent or +6.56 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 1,946.51 up with +0.53% percent or +10.33 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,640.78 up with +0.63% percent or  +10.32 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 2,047.81 up with +0.69% percent or +13.97  point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,947.77 up with +0.68% or  +13.07 point.