U.S. stock lower in pre-market trading for,March 02.The Dow Futures is trading at 31,318.00  with a loss of -0.61% percent or -191.00 point.The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 3,870.88  with a loss of -0.71% percent or -27.87 point.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 13,177.50 with a loss of -0.77% percent or -102.25 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 29,420.63  with a loss of -0.82%percent or –242.87point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 29,119.40 with a loss of -1.13%percent or ?333.17 point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 3,496.11  with a loss of -1.56% percent or -55.29 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 50,089.05 up with  +0.47% percent or +233.66 point at 12:15 PM.For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 6,588.53 up with 1.62%percent or  +105.10 point. France’s CAC  40 closed at5,792.79 up with +1.57%percent or  +89.57 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 14,012.82 up with +1.64%percent or +226.53 point.
Tuesday’s Factors and Events

New $1,400 stimulus checks could be on the way to millions of Americans now that the House of Representatives has passed the latest coronavirus relief bill.

The fate of those payments now rests in the hands of the Senate, which is due to begin considering the proposed legislation this week.

The terms have called for direct payments of $1,400 per individual and per dependent.

Monday Activity

For the day the Dow is trading at 31,535.51 up with +1.95%percent or  +603.14 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,901.82 up with +2.38% percent or +90.67 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 13,588.83 up with +3.01% percent or  +396.48 point.

Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed  at 2,275.32 up with +3.37% percent or +74.27 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 1,317.58 up with +3.05% percent or  +39.02 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 2,564.02 up with +2.71% percent or +67.76 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,773.40 up with +2.42% percent or  +41.98 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 2,360.91 up with  +2.50%percent or +57.69 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 2,211.99 with +2.44%or +52.67 point.