U.S. stock higher in pre-market trading for,Feb 12.The Dow Futures is trading at 31,289.00 with a loss of -0.22% percent or -70.00 point.The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 3,902.38 with a loss of -0.25% percent or -9.62 point.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 13,706.60 up with -0.16% percent or -22.38 point..

Friday’s Factors and Events

To reward ourselves for paying off the mortgage, my wife and I also took a month-long trip to Asia. We visited friends overseas and saw the Ruins of Angkor in Cambodia, then spent weeks camping in Yosemite. After that, we flew to New York for two weeks to watch the U.S. open. We spent more than $10,000 on the entire trip.

Thursday Activity

For the day the Dow is trading at 31,430.70 with a loss of –percent or  ?7.10 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,916.38 up with + percent or  +6.50 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 14,025.77 up with + percent or  +53.24 point.

Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 2,285.32 up with 0.13% percent or +2.88 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 1,295.81  up with + percent or  +4.88 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 2,535.25 up with percent or +16.01 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,796.46 up with + percent or  +1.72 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 2,375.95  up with +percent or +5.28 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 2,226.41 up with +or +5.11 point.