The DAX Futures is trading at 10,716.50 with a loss of -0.13% percent or -14.00 point.The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 6,775.20  with a loss of  -0.04% percent or -2.80 point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 4,778.00 with a loss of –0.55% percent or -26.50  point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 3,036.50  with a loss of -0.08% percent or -2.50 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

Imports jumped 11.3 percent from a year earlier to EUR 98.9 billion in October. Purchases from the EU increased by 7.5 percent to EUR 55.1 billion, of which Euro area (7.1 percent to EUR 35.3 billion) and non-Euro area countries (8.3 percent to EUR 19.7 billion). In addition, imports from countries outside the EU surged 16.4 percent to EUR 43.8 billion.

PREVIOUS DAY ACTIVITY

For the day Germany’s DAX closed at 10,622.07 with a loss of -1.54% percent or  –166.02 point.the FTSE 100 closed at 6,721.54   with a loss of -0.83% percent or -56.57 point. France’s CAC  40 closed at 4,742.38 with a loss of -1.47% percent or -70.74 point. 

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 24,423.26 up with +0.14% percent or +34.31  point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,637.72 up with +0.18% percent or +4.64 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 7,020.52 up with +0.74% percent or +51.27 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 21,148.02 with a loss of -0.34% percent or -71.48 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 25,771.52  up with +0.074%percent or +19.14 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 2,588.72 up with +0.16% percent or  +4.14 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at  34,860.63 with a loss of -0.28% percent or -99.09 point at 12:15 PM.