U.S. stock futures higher in pre-market trading for Monday, May 21. The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 6,919.25 up with +0.66% percent or +45.25 point.The Dow Futures is trading at 24,950.00 up with +0.93% percent or +229.00 point. The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 2,729.00 up with +0.59% percent or +16.00 point.
In overnight trading in the Eastern Hemisphere, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 23,002.37 up with +0.31% percent or +72.01 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 31,330.84 up with +0.91% percent or +282.93 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 3,211.37 up with +0.57% percent or +18.07 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 34,678.82 with a loss of -0.49% percent or -169.48 point at 12:15 PM.The FTSE 100 is trading at 7,840.11 up with +0.79% percent or +61.32 point. Germany’s DAX is trading at 13,077.72 with a loss of -0.28% percent or -36.89 point. France’s CAC 40 is trading at 5,656.49 up with +0.75% percent or +41.99 point. The Stoxx Europe 600 is trading at 396.15 up with +0.38% percent or +1.49 point.
Monday’s Factors and Events
Friday’s Activity
U.S. market were mixed on Friday.For the day The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 7,354.34 with a loss of -0.38% percent or -28.13 point the Dow is trading at 24,715.09 up with +0.0045% percent or +1.11 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,712.97 with a loss of -0.26% percent or -7.16 point.
Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,626.63 up with +0.082% percent or +1.34 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 1,002.57 up with +0.15% percent or +1.55 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 1,943.37 with a loss of -0.25% percent or -4.91 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,190.65 with a loss of -0.33% percent or -3.93 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 1,613.48 with a loss of -0.21% percent or -3.33 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,505.70 with a loss of -0.23% percent or -3.48 point.
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