U.S. stock lower in pre-market trading for,Sept 22.The Dow Futures is trading at 26,967.50 with a loss of -0.32% percent or -87.50 point.The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 3,268.62 with a loss of -0.20% percent or -6.48point.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 10,997.20 up with +0.08% percent or +8.25 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 23,360.30 up with + percent or +40.93 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 23,708.76 with a loss of – percent or  –241.93 point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 3,269.38 with a loss of – percent or –47.55 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 37,823.61 with a loss of – percent or 210.53 point at 12:15 PM.For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 5,804.29 with a loss of – percent or -202.76 point. France’s CAC  40 closed at 4,792.04 with a loss of – percent or –186.14 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 12,542.44 with a loss of –percent or –573.81 point.

Tuesday’s Factors and Events

Tesla CEO Elon Musk sent an email to all employees at the electric vehicle maker saying the company would have to “rally hard” to hit “record deliveries” for the quarter.

Musk, and sometimes other Tesla execs, typically send “everybody” emails in the final week of the quarter, many of which leak to the press. Doing this helps encourage employees, internally, and manage investor expectations externally, as Tesla approaches its deadline for vehicle production and deliveries. Like other automakers, Tesla reports these numbers on a quarterly basis ahead of earnings.

Monday Activity

For the day the Dow is trading at 27,147.70 with a loss of – percent or 509.72 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,281.06 with a loss of – percent or –38.41 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 10,778.80 with a loss of percent or –14.48 point.

Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,485.25 with a loss of -3.35% percent or 51.53 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 840.53 with a loss of -3.45% percent or 30.04 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 1,820.70 with percent or  ?45.16 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,519.40 with  a loss of – percent or ?11.18 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 1,922.29 with a loss of percent or ?23.43 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,828.17 with a loss of –or -19.80 point.