DAX Futures Morning Update on 18 October

The DAX Futures is trading at 11,692.00  with  a loss of  -0.16% percent or -19.00 point. The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 7,014.20  with a loss of -0.42% percent or -29.80 point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 5,144.00 with a loss of -0.16% percent or -8.00 point.The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 3,233.00 with 0.00% percent or 0.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

Services inflation rose 1.5 percent in September from 1.4 percent in the prior month, with cost of net rents exclusive of heating expenses advancing by 1.5 percent, compared with 1.6 percent in August. Upward pressure came from: package holidays (3.1 percent); and maintenance and repair of vehicles (2.7 percent). Meantime, consumers paid less for pre-primary and primary education services (-11.4 percent); air tickets (-3.9 percent), and telecommunication services (-0.7 percent).

PREVIOUS DAY ACTIVITY

For the day Germany’s DAX closed at 11,715.03  with a loss of -0.52% percent or -61.52 point. the FTSE 100 closed at 7,048.43   with  a loss of -0.087% percent or -6.17 point. France’s CAC 40 closed at 5,144.95  with a loss of -0.54% percent or  -28.09 point. 

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 25,706.68  with  a loss of -0.36% percent or  -91.74 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,809.21 with a loss of  -0.025% percent or -0.71 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 7,642.70 with a loss of -0.036% percent or -2.79 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 22,658.16  with a loss of -0.80% percent or -182.96  point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 25,340.63    with a loss of -0.48% percent or -121.63 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 2,486.42  with a loss of  -2.94% percent or -75.20 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 34,779.58   with a loss of -1.09% percent or -382.90  point at 12:15 PM.