U.S. stock lower in pre-market trading for,Jan 18.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 12,781.10 with a loss of -0.17% percent or -21.13 point.The Dow Futures is trading at 30,646.00 with a loss of -0.24% percent or -74.00 point.The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 3,752.62 with a loss of -0.26% percent or -9.63 point.

Monday’s Factors and Events

It is part of the next generation of Xpeng’s XPILOT 3.0 so-called advanced driver-assistance system (ADAS) which the company expects to launch in the first quarter of this year. ADAS refers to a system with some autonomous features but where a driver is still required.

Xpeng is one of China’s electric vehicle start-ups looking to race ahead in the country’s growing market as it battles other upstarts such as Nio and Li Auto, as well as U.S. electric car giant Tesla.

Friday Activity

For the day The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 12,998.50  with a loss of – percent or -114.14 point.the Dow is trading at 30,814.26 with a loss of –percent or  -177.26 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,768.25  with a loss of – percent or –27.29 point.

Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 2,123.20 with a loss of -1.49% percent or -32.15 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 1,211.91 with a loss of – percent or  ?20.79 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 2,424.03 with a loss of – percent or ?24.35 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,716.11 with a loss of – percent or  ?13.63 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 2,273.88 with a loss of  percent or ?18.14 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 2,135.51 with a loss of –or ?15.91 point.