U.S. stock higher in pre-market trading for,Dec 18.The Dow Futures is trading at 30,213.00 up with +0.04% percent or +11.00 point.The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 3,716.62 up with +0.10% percent or +3.87 point.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 12,752.80 up with +0.01% percent or +1.75 point.
In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 26,763.39 with a loss of –percent or -43.28 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 26,466.96 with a loss of –percent or 211.42 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 3,392.60 with a loss of – percent or –12.27 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 46,774.00 with a loss of –percent or –115.95 point at 12:15 PM.For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 6,551.06 with a loss of –percent or –19.85 point. France’s CAC 40 closed at 5,549.46 up with + percent or +1.78 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 13,667.25 up with +percent or +101.27 point.
Friday’s Factors and Events
Thursday Activity
For the day the Dow is trading at 30,303.37 with percent or +148.83 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,722.48 up with + percent or +21.31 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 12,764.74 up with percent or +106.56 point.
Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,978.05 up with 1.30% percent or 25.32 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 1,116.74 up with + percent or +11.21 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 2,297.91 up with + percent or +19.02 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,703.80 up with + percent or +7.54 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 2,232.17 up with +percent or +17.00 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 2,104.23 with +or +15.27 point