The U.S. Dollar Index is trading at 99.73 with a loss of -0.13%percent or -0.13 point.The Dow Futures is trading at 24,192.00 up with +0.61%percent or +147.00 point. The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 2,883.62 up with +0.57% percent or +16.37 point.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 8,777.25 up with +0.66% percent or +57.50 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

The surge higher came after data from the American Petroleum Institute showed Tuesday that U.S. crude inventories jumped by 10 million barrels in the week to April 24  — to 510 million barrels, according to Reuters. That was lower than analysts’ expectations of a build of 10.6 million barrels, Reuters reported.up 

PREVIOUS DAY ACTIVITY

For the day the Dow is trading at 24,101.55 with a loss of -0.13% percent or -32.23  point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,863.39 with a loss of -0.52% percent or -15.09 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 8,607.73  with a loss of -1.40% percent or -122.43 point.

WORLD MARKETS
Other leading market index closes included the small-cap Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,298.08  with 1.26% percent or +16.20 point; the S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 761.08 up with +2.04% percent or +15.24 point; the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index closed at 1,629.89 up with +1.01% percent or +16.36 point; the S&P 100 Index closed at 1,307.17 with a loss of –0.98% percent or -12.96 point; the Russell 3000 Index closed at 1,657.17 with a loss of –0.37% percent or −6.18  point; the Russell 1000 Index closed at 1,574.73 with a loss of -0.47%or -7.46 point.