U.S. stock higher in pre-market trading for,July 09.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 14,728.50 up with +0.11% percent or +16.25 point.The Dow Futures is trading at 34,465.50 up with +0.50% percent or +171.50 point.The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 4,328.62 up with +0.36% percent or +15.62 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 27,882.31 with a loss of – percent or –235.72 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 27,418.19 up with + percent or +265.06 point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 3,520.46 with a loss of –percent or –5.04 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 52,348.89 with  a loss of – percent or –220.05 point at 12:15 PM. For the day the FTSE 100 closed at 7,030.66 with a loss of –percent or –120.36 point. France’s CAC  40 closed at 6,396.73 with a loss of – percent or –130.99 point.Germany’s DAX closed at 15,420.64 with a loss of – percent or –272.07 point.

With new mutations discovered every few weeks, many scientists now predict that Covid will continue circulating around the world for at least the next two to three years, requiring nations to reinstitute public health measures on an ad hoc basis for the foreseeable future. Authorities in Australia, South Africa and Asia have recently reintroduced curfews or other measures to curb rising delta outbreaks. Japan just declared a coronavirus state of emergency in Tokyo and banned spectators at the Olympics. High vaccination rates in the U.S. and the warm summer months have bought the country some extra time, but outbreaks across the world are giving Americans a preview of what may come this fall.

Thursday Activity

For the day The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 14,663.64 up with + percent or +24.32 point.the Dow is trading at 34,577.37 with a loss of –percent or –208.98 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 4,343.54 with a loss of – percent or ?8.80 point.

Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed  at 2,231.68 with a loss of -0.94% percent or -21.17 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 1,324.40 with a loss of -1.24% percent or  -16.63 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 2,648.43 with a loss of – percent or34.38 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,986.97 with a loss of – percent or 14.40 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 2,572.35 with a loss of  –percent or ?22.75 point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at2,428.86 with a loss of – or ?21.37 point.