DAX Futures Morning Update on 27 August

The DAX Futures is trading at 12,463.50 up with +0.57%  percent or  +71.00 point . The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 7,572.00  up with +0.45% percent or +34.00 point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 5,457.00  up with +0.40% percent or +21.50 point . The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures is trading at 3,441.00  up with +0.35% percent or +12.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

German’s seasonally adjusted harmonised unemployment rate edged down to 3.4 percent in June 2018 from an upwardly revised 3.5 percent in the previous month. It was the lowest jobless rate since July 1980, as the number of unemployed was unchanged at 1.49 million and employment rose slightly to 41.69 million. Unemployment Rate in Germany averaged 5.59 percent from 1949 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 11.50 percent in April of 1950 and a record low of 0.40 percent in March of 1966.

PREVIOUS DAY ACTIVITY

 
For the day  Germany’s DAX closed at 12,394.52 up with +0.23% percent or +28.94 point.the FTSE 100 closed at 7,577.49  up with  +0.19% percent or +14.27 point. France’s CAC 40 closed at 5,432.50 up with +0.24% percent or +13.18  point. 

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 25,790.35 up with +0.52% percent or +133.37 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,874.69 up with +0.62% percent or +17.71 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 7,945.98 up with +0.86% percent or +67.52  point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 22,799.64 up with +0.88% percent or +197.87 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 28,270.32 up with +2.16% percent or  +598.45 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 2,780.90 up with +1.89% percent or +51.47  point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 38,687.55  up with +1.14% percent or  +435.75  point at 12:15 PM.