U.S. stock lower in pre-market trading for,Sept 17.The Dow Futures is trading at 27,673.00 with a loss of -0.94% percent or -264.00 point. The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 3,343.38 with a loss of -1.07% percent or -36.02 point.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 11,148.10 with a loss of -0.95% percent or -106.88 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 23,319.37 with a loss of – percent or ?156.16 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 24,313.48 with a loss of – percent or  412.15 point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 3,269.37 with a loss of – percent or –14.56 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 39,029.87 with  a loss of – percent or  272.98 point at 12:15 PM.Germany’s DAX is trading at 13,163.91 with a loss of – percent or –91.46 point. France’s CAC 40 is trading at 5,034.30 with a loss of – percent or –39.76 point. The Stoxx Europe 600 is trading at 370.57 with a loss of – percent or ?2.57 point.

Thursday’s Factors and Events

Hill Ventures, where Speiser has served as managing director since 2008, owns 20.3% of Snowflake’s outstanding shares, including some that will be distributed to affiliates. Altogether, the firm is sitting on a stake worth about $12.6 billion from its total investment of less than $200 million.

Those gains aren’t locked in yet. The stock jumped 134% on Wednesday to close at $253.93, but the price could swing wildly in the coming months, depending on momentum, company performance, and the broader economy and market, while Speiser is still locked up for at least a few more months.

Wednesday Activity

For the day the Dow is trading at 28,032.38 up with + percent or  +36.78 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,385.49 with a loss of – percent or –15.71 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 11,050.47 with a loss of percent or –139.86 point.

Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,552.33 up with 0.92% percent or +14.17 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 882.78  with + percent or +6.04 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 1,898.55 up with + percent or +6.07 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,563.88 with  a loss of – percent or ?13.03 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 1,981.53 with a loss of percent or ?6.89 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,882.91 with a loss of –or ?7.96 point.