U.S. stock futures higher in pre-market trading for,October 18.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 7,951.25 with a loss of -0.02% percent or -1.50 point.The Dow Futures is trading at 26,998.00 up with +0.02% percent or +5.00 point. The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 2,999.62 up with +0.36% percent or +0.05% point.
In overnight trading in the Eastern Hemisphere,In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 22,492.68 up with +0.18% percent or +40.82 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 26,698.59 with a loss of –0.56% percent or –149.90 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 2,938.14 with a loss of –1.32% percent or –39.19 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 39,258.78 up with +0.53% percent or +206.72 point at 12:15 PM.Germany’s DAX is trading at 12,670.72 up with +0.12% percent or +15.77 point. France’s CAC 40 is trading at 5,654.42 with a loss of –0.33% percent or –18.64 point. The Stoxx Europe 600 is trading at 392.95 with a loss of -0.03% percent or -0.02 point.
Friday’s Factors and Events
After the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.09% edged up 24 points on Thursday, Dow futures YM00, +0.06% are slightly down, along with Nasdaq futures NQ00, -0.02% and S&P 500 futures ES00, +0.05% .
Europe stocks SXXP, +0.03% are down, while Asian markets ADOW, +0.09% fell on news China’s GDP growth slipped to its slowest pace since the first quarter of 1992.
The pound GBPUSD, +0.0543% has nudged higher against the dollar after the U.K. and EU agreed a Brexit deal.
Thursday Activity
For the day The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 8,156.85 with +0.40% percent or +32.67 point.the Dow is trading at 27,025.88 up with 0.089% percent or +23.90 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,997.95 up with +0.28% percent or +8.26 point.
Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,541.84 up with +1.10% percent or +16.79 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 955.41 up with +1.10% percent or +10.36 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 1,938.65 with 0.85% percent or +16.25 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,329.82 up with +0.23% percent or +3.09 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 1,755.15 up with +0.36% percent or +6.26 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,655.37 up with +0.31% or +5.06 point.