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. 

The German statistical office, Destatis, failed to give any further details about January’s CPI figures and will publish its final results with a new base year on February 21st.

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

For the day Germany’s DAX closed at 11,324.72 with a loss of -0.38%percent or -43.26  point. the FTSE 100 closed at 7,173.09 with a loss of -0.060% percent or -4.28 point. France’s CAC  40 closed at 5,079.05  with a loss of -0.084% percent or -4.29 point. 

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.