U.S. stock higher in pre-market trading for,May 27.The Dow Futures is trading at 34,289.50 up with +0.03% percent or +9.50 point.The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 4,185.25 with a loss of -0.18% percent or -7.75 point.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 13,642.80 with a loss of -0.42% percent or -57.50 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 28,549.01 with a loss of – percent or ?93.18 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 29,081.93  with a loss of – percent or ?84.08 point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 3,605.35 up with + percent or +11.99 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 51,184.66 up with +percent or +167.14 point at 12:15 PM.For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 7,026.93 with a loss of –percent or ?2.86 point. France’s CAC  40 closed at 6,391.60  up with +percent or +1.33 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 15,450.72 with a loss of – percent or –14.37 point.

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Tuesday Activity

For the day the Dow is trading at 34,207.84 up with percent or ++123.69 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 4,155.86 with a loss of – percent or ?3.26 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 13,470.99 with a loss of – percent or ?64.75 point.

Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed  at 2,249.27 with a loss of 1.97% percent or +43.52 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 1,362.60 up with +2.13% percent or  28.45 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 2,708.71 up with + percent or 28.45 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,904.83 up with + percent or  +2.87 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 2,504.52 with +percent or +9.41 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 2,358.94  with + or +6.24 point.