U.S. stock higher in pre-market trading for,Jan 14.The Dow Futures is trading at 31,047.00 up with +0.28% percent or +88.00 point..The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 3,807.88 up with +0.11% percent or +4.13 point.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 12,938.90 with a loss of -0.26% percent or -33.37 point.

Thursday’s Factors and Events

Health officials will have to continuously watch for new variants of the virus, so scientists can produce vaccines to fight them, he said. Researchers in Ohio said Wednesday they’ve discovered two new variants likely originating in the U.S. and that one of them quickly became the dominant strain in Columbus, Ohio, over a three-week period in late December and early January.

Wednesday Activity

For the day the Dow is trading at 31,060.47 with a loss of –percent or  -8.22 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,809.84 up with + percent or +8.65 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 13,128.95 up with + percent or +56.52 point.

Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 2,111.97 with a loss of -0.75% percent or -15.99 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 1,205.16 with a loss of -0.85% percent or  -10.30 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 2,426.08  with a loss of – percent or ?22.80 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,739.67 up with + percent or  +9.47 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 2,295.14  up with  percent or +2.14 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 2,157.79 up with +or +3.34 point.