U.S. stock higher in pre-market trading for,april 30.The Dow Futures is trading at 33,891.00 with a loss of -0.18% percent or -60.00 point.The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 4,190.62 with a loss of -0.31% percent or -12.88 point.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 13,889.40 with a loss of -0.46% percent or -64.12 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 28,770.35 with a loss of –percent or ?283.62 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 28,799.80 with a loss of – percent or –503.46 point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 3,435.67 with a loss of – percent or –39.23 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 49,411.58 with a loss of – percent or –354.36 point at 12:15 PM.For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 6,961.48 up with percent or ?2.19 point. France’s CAC  40 closed at 6,302.57 up with percent or ?4.41 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 15,154.20 with a loss of – percent or ?137.98 point..

Mainland Chinese stocks were higher on the day, with the Shanghai composite up 0.52% to 3,474.90 and the Shenzhen component advancing 0.456% to 14,464.08. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index rose about 0.7%, as of its final hour of trading.

Thursday Activity

For the day the Dow is trading at 34,060.36  up with +percent or +239.98 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 4,211.47 up with  percent or +28.29 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 14,082.55 up with + percent or +31.52 point.

Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed  at  2,295.46 with a loss of percent or -8.70 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 1,363.56 up with +0.04% percent or  +0.51 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 2,762.32 up with + percent or +0.71 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,912.85 up with + percent or  +13.63 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 2,523.30 up with +percent or +11.98 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 2,374.42 up with + or +12.74 point

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