U.S. stock higher in pre-market trading for,Dec 31The Dow Futures is trading at 30,251.50 with a loss of -0.17% percent or -50.50 point. The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 3,716.12 with a loss of -0.22% percent or -8.13 point.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 12,842.60 up with +0.01% percent or +1.12 point.
In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 27,444.17 with a loss of –percent or –123.98 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 27,231.13 up with +percent or +84.02 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 3,458.89 up with + percent or +44.43 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 47,787.32 up with +percent or +41.10 point at 12:15 PM.For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 6,555.82 with a loss of –percent or –46.83 point. France’s CAC 40 closed at 5,599.41 with a loss of – percent or –12.38 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 13,718.78 with a loss of –percent or ?42.60 point.
Thursday’s Factors and Events
British health officials greenlighted the AstraZeneca and Oxford Covid-19 shot on Wednesday but also rebuffed one of their central claims: that a half-dose followed by a standard dose offered more protection against infection.
The reassessment of the best dosing regimen for the vaccine was an unexpected move by Britain’s medicines regulator based on its own analysis of as-yet-unpublished data and it raised fresh questions about the efficacy of a vaccine which has yet to be approved in other countries.
Wednesday Activity
For the day the Dow is trading at 30,403.97 up with +percent or +204.10 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,735.36 up with + percent or +32.30 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 12,899.42 up with + percent or +94.69 point.
Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,979.99 up with +1.05% percent or +20.63 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 1,118.01 up with + percent or +10.66 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 2,302.88 with + percent or +18.89 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,711.35 with a loss of – percent or ?1.87 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 2,237.76 up with +percent or +5.75 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 2,109.72 up with +or +4.27 point.