The DAX Futures is trading at 11,261.00 with a loss of -0.32% percent or -35.60 point.The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 7,087.80 with a loss of -0.06% percent or -4.60 point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 5,060.50 with a loss of -0.14% percent or -7.00 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 3,195.50 with a loss of -0.31% percent or -10.00 point.
TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS
Germany’s annual inflation rate is expected to ease further to 1.4 percent in January 2019 from 1.7 percent in the previous month and below market expectations of 1.6 percent. This would be the lowest inflation rate since February.
On a monthly basis, consumer prices are set to fall 0.8 percent in January, following a 0.1 percent gain in December and compared to market consensus of a 0.9 percent decline.
PREVIOUS DAY ACTIVITY
WORLD MARKETS
For the day the Dow is trading at 25,390.30 with a loss of -0.084% percent or -21.22 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,731.61 with a loss of -0.22% percent or -6.09 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 7,375.28 with a loss of -0.36% percent or -26.80 point.
In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 20,751.28 with a loss of -0.59% percent or -122.78 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 27,990.21 up with +0.21% percent or +59.47 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 2,618.23 up with +1.30% percent or +33.66 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 36,927.79 with a loss of -0.13% percent or -47.44 point at 12:15 PM.