U.S. stock lower in pre-market trading for,Sept 24.The Dow Futures is trading at 26,644.00 with a loss of -0.15% percent or -41.00 point. The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 3,227.12 with a loss of -0.13% percent or -4.08 point.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 10,764.00 with a loss of -0.60% percent or -65.00point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 23,087.82 with a loss of – percent or –258.67 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 23,305.38 with a loss of –percent or  –437.13 point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 3,226.51 with a loss of – percent or –53.20 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 36,954.54 with a loss of – percent or 713.88 point at 12:15 PM.the FTSE 100 closed at 5,899.26 up with + percent or +69.80 point. France’s CAC  40 closed at 4,802.26 up with +percent or +29.42 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 12,642.97 up with +percent or  +48.58 point.

Thursday’s Factors and Events

The Biden campaign issued the following statement in response to Trump declining to commit to a peaceful transfer of power if he were to lose the election: “The American people will decide this election. And the United States government is perfectly capable of escorting trespassers out of the White House.

Wednesday Activity

For the day the Dow is trading at 26,763.13 with a loss of –percent or –525.05 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,236.92 with a loss of – percent or  -78.65 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 10,632.98 with a loss of – percent or –330.65 point.

Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,451.46 with a loss of -3.04% percent or -45.50 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 822.63 with a loss of -2.78% percent or +5.65 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 1,792.09  with a loss of –percent or 41.63 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,499.69  with a loss of – percent or –38.79 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 1,893.68  with  a loss of – percent or –47.53 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,801.83 with a loss of –or –44.56 point.