Following a record close last night- Lots of US data for the S+P 500 to digest later

The Nasdaq 100 was not the only major US stock markets getting its name in the record books yesterday. That mantle belonged to the S+P 500 too, but it truth that was only due to the Nasdaq 100, because the Dow Jones closed lower last night. Nonetheless, the S+P 500 reached a new milestone yesterday, when it set a new all time high at 6,052.07. It also later posted a record daily close, at 6,049.88. The S+P futures are higher this morning too and as things currently stand, we are looking at another new opening record later today. However, there are a number of pretty important US data releases due later on, which could add, or detract from that outlook. At 1.15pm GMT we get the November ADP (privately sourced payroll report) payroll numbers- expected lower last month (around 165k from 233k in October). Then at 3pm GMT we get the ISM service sector index and arguably that is more important than the ADP, depending on what emerges. There will be more to add on that and the other releases later. The S+P 500 is right now priced to reopen around 6,057