U.S. stock higher in pre-market trading for,June 25.The Dow Futures is trading at 34,186.00 up with +0.31% percent or +104.00 point.The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 4,260.62  up with +0.11% percent or +4.62 point.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 14,380.50 up with +0.18% percent or +26.25 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 29,066.18 up with +0.66% percent or +190.95 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 29,274.96 with +1.36% percent or +392.50point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 3,606.85 up with 1.13%percent or +40.20 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 52,797.43 with +0.19% percent or +98.43  point at 12:15 PM.For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 7,109.97 with +0.51%percent or +35.91 point. France’s CAC  40 closed at 6,631.15 up with +1.22% percent or +80.08 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 15,589.23 up with +0.86% percent or +132.84 point.

Joseph Sibley, Giuliani’s lawyer in the case, told a federal judge in Washington that he was the only person there representing Giuliani in his bid to have the defamation suit dismissed.

Thursday Activity

For the day the Dow is trading at 34,196.82 up with +0.95%percent or +322.58 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 4,266.49 up with +0.58% percent or +24.65 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 14,369.71 with +0.69% percent or +97.98 point.

Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed  at 2,333.62 up with +1.31% percent or +30.15 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 1,387.46 up with +1.36% percent or  18.63 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at2,702.04 up with +0.94% percent or +25.24 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,949.19 up with +0.55% percent or  +10.61  point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 2,556.84 with 0.66%percent or +16.72point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 2,405.42 up with +0.61% or +14.61  point.