U.S. stock futures lower in pre-market trading for,October 31.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 8,097.50 with a loss of -0.17% percent or -13.75 point.The Dow Futures is trading at 27,050.00  with a loss of -0.30% percent or -82.00 point. The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 3,038.88   with a loss of  -0.29% percent or -8.87 point.

In overnight trading in the Eastern Hemisphere,In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 22,927.04 up with +0.37% percent or +83.92 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 26,851.89 with 0.69% percent or +184.18 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 2,929.06 with a loss of –0.35% percent or –10.26  point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 40,294.94 up with +0.61% percent or +243.07 point at 12:15 PM.Germany’s DAX is trading at 12,875.79  with a loss of –0.27% percent or –34.44 point. France’s CAC 40 is trading at 5,742.44  with  a loss of –0.41% percent or –23.42 point. The Stoxx Europe 600 is trading at 397.15   with a loss of -0.39% percent or -1.55  point.

Thursday’s Factors and Events

The S&P 500 ended in record territory for the first time in three months on Monday, with the large-cap index rising 16.87 points, or 0.6%, to close at a record 3,039.42, taking out the previous all-time closing high of 3,025.86 set on July 26. Other major indexes weren’t far behind, with the Dow ending just 1% from its record close set on July 15 and the Nasdaq Composite finishing just shy of its record close of 8,330.21 set on July 26.

Wednesday Activity

For the day The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 8,303.98  with 0.33% percent or +27.12 point.the Dow is trading at 27,186.69 up with +0.43% percent or +115.27 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,046.77 with 0.33% percent or +9.88 point. 

Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,572.85 with a loss of –0.27% percent or -4.23 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 975.91  with a loss of –0.45% percent or –4.45 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 1,969.94 with a loss of –0.27% percent or -5.30  point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,351.83 up with +0.44% percent or +5.98 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 1,784.63 up with +0.28%  percent or +5.01 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,682.79 up with +0.32%  or +5.37  point.