The DAX Futures is trading at 10,576.50 up with +2.03% percent or +210.00 point.The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 6,694.00 up with +0.36% percent or +24.00 point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 4,699.50 up with +0.58% percent or +27.00  point.  The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 2,975.50 up with +1.80% percent or +52.50 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

Goods inflation is expected to drop to 2 percent in December from 3.2 percent in November, due to a slowdown in energy (4.8 percent vs 9.3 percent) and food prices (1 percent vs 1.4 percent). Meanwhile, services cost is likely to increase 1.5 percent in December, the same pace as in the previous month, with rents prices advancing by 1.5 percent, also the same as in November.

PREVIOUS DAY ACTIVITY

For the day Germany’s DAX closed at 10,558.96  up with +1.71% percent or +177.45 point.the FTSE 100 closed at 6,733.97 up with +2.27% percent or +149.29 point. France’s CAC  40 closed at 4,678.74 up with +1.74% percent or +80.13 point. 

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 23,062.40   with a loss of -0.33% percent or -76.42 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,485.74  with  a loss of -0.12% percent or -3.09 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 6,584.52  up with +0.076% percent or +5.03 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 20,014.77   with a loss of -0.31% percent or -62.85 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 25,845.70  up with +1.34% percent or +341.50 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 2,493.90  up with +0.44% percent or  +10.81 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 36,073.61 with a loss of -0.0086% percent or -3.11 point at 12:15 PM.