U.S. stock futures higher  in pre-market trading for , February 22.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 7,072.00 up with +0.53% percent or +37.50 point.The Dow Futures is trading at 25,950.50 up with +0.45% percent or +117.50 point.The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 2,785.62  up with +0.41% percent or +11.37 point.

In overnight trading in the Eastern Hemisphere,  Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 21,464.23 up with +0.15% percent or +32.74 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 28,578.20  up with +0.22% percent or +64.15 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 2,748.62   with a loss of -0.46% percent or -12.60 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 35,851.25 up with +0.27% percent or +94.99 point at 12:15 PM.The FTSE 100 is trading at 7,195.03 up with +0.39% percent or +27.64 point. Germany’s DAX is trading at 11,488.70  up with +0.57% percent or +65.42 point. France’s CAC 40 is trading at 5,213.93  up with  +0.34% percent or +17.82 point. The Stoxx Europe 600 is trading at 371.35  up with +0.25% percent or +0.86 point.

Friday’s Factors and Events

a flurry of speeches from Fed policymakers are due throughout the day, with New York Fed President John Williams, San Francisco Fed President Mary Daly, Philadelphia Fed Chairman Patrick Harker and St. Louis Fed President James Bullard expected to speak on the U.S. economy and monetary policy at separate events.

Thursday’s Activity

Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,575.55 with a loss of -0.39% percent or -6.11 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 982.95  with a loss of -0.50% percent or -4.92  point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 1,918.36  with a loss of -0.35% percent or -6.76 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,217.44  with a loss of -0.35% percent or -4.30 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 1,643.23  with a loss of -0.36% percent or -5.88 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,539.67 with a loss of -0.35% percent or -5.47 point.