U.S. stock higher in pre-market trading for,July 23.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 10,893.20 up with +0.82% percent or +89.00 point.The Dow Futures is trading at 26,983.00 up with +0.37% percent or +99.00 point.The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 3,276.62 up with +0.34% percent or +11.12 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at at 22,751.61 with a loss of –0.58% percent or –132.61 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 25,188.67 up with +0.52% percent or +130.73  point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 3,325.11 with a loss of –0.24% percent or –0.24% point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 38,079.69  up with +0.55% percent or +208.17   point at 12:15 PM.Germany’s DAX is trading at 13,179.94 up with +0.58% percent or +75.69 point. France’s CAC 40 is trading at 5,061.66 up with +0.49% percent or +24.55 point. The Stoxx Europe 600 is trading at 375.27 up with +0.49% percent or +1.83 point.

Thursday’s Factors and Events

The GOP contends the $600 per week sum deters people from returning to work because many make more at home than they otherwise would have at work. Lawmakers initially set the threshold because certain states’ outdated unemployment systems may have been unable to process setting payments at 100% of an applicant’s wages.

Wednesday Activity

For the day The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 10,706.13 up with +0.24% percent or +25.76 point.the Dow is trading at 27,005.84  up with +0.62% percent or +165.44 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,276.02 up up with +0.57% percent or +18.72 point. 


Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,490.14  up with 0.18% percent or +2.63 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 860.64  up with  +0.15% percent or +1.26 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 1,862.40  up with +0.76% percent or +14.03 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,509.43 up with +0.43% percent or +6.47  point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 1,913.32 up with +0.57% percent or +10.82 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,818.73 up with +0.59% or  +10.71 point.