DAX Futures Morning Update on 10 August

The DAX Futures is trading at 12,554.00 with a loss of -0.83% percent or -104.50 point . The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 7,678.00 with a loss of -0.58% percent or -45.00 point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 5,458.70   with a loss of  -0.79% percent or -43.54 point . The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures is trading at 3,462.00  with a loss of -0.80% percent or -28.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

The German trade surplus fell slightly to EUR 21.8 billion in June 2018 from EUR 22.1 billion in the same month a year earlier, as imports jumped 10.2 percent to an all-time high while exports rose at a softer 7.8 percent.

Imports increased by 10.2 percent from a year earlier to a record high of EUR 93.7 billion in June, as purchases from the EU went up 10.1 percent to EUR 53.8 billion, of which Euro area countries (10.1 percent to EUR 35.0 billion) and other European countries (10.1 percent to EUR 18.8 billion). In addition, inbound shipments from countries outside the EU jumped by 10.3 percent to EUR 40.0 billion.

PREVIOUS DAY ACTIVITY

 
For the day Germany’s DAX closed at 12,574.40 with a loss of -0.80% percent or -101.71 point.the FTSE 100 closed at 7,706.09 with a loss of -0.46% percent or -35.68 point. France’s CAC 40 closed at 5,462.48  with a loss of -0.72% percent or -39.76 point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 25,509.23 with a loss of -0.29% percent or -74.52 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,853.58 with  a loss of -0.14% percent or -4.12 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 7,891.78 up with +0.044% percent or +3.46 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 22,298.08 with a loss of -1.33% percent or -300.31 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 28,397.71  with a loss of -0.73% percent or -209.59 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 2,795.31 up with +0.033% percent or +0.93  point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 37,957.63  with a loss of -0.18% percent or -66.74 point at 12:15 PM.