The DAX Futures is trading at 11,043.80  with a loss of -0.30% percent or -33.30 point.The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 7,139.80  with a loss of -0.16% percent or -11.80 point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 5,066.50 with a loss of -0.13% percent or -6.50 point.  The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 3,175.50  with a loss of -0.31% percent or -10.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

Positive contributions mainly came from domestic demand as gross fixed capital formation increased markedly, especially in construction and machinery and equipment. Also, household final consumption expenditure rose slightly and general government final consumption expenditure was markedly up at the end of the year. However, development of foreign trade did not make a positive contribution to growth in the fourth quarter, as exports and imports of goods and services increased nearly at the same rate in the quarter-on-quarter comparison.

PREVIOUS DAY ACTIVITY

For the day Germany’s DAX closed at 11,089.792  with a loss of -0.69% percent or -77.43 point.the FTSE 100 closed at 7,197.01 up with +0.086% percent or +6.17 point. France’s CAC  40 closed at 5,062.52  with a loss of -0.23% percent or -11.74 point. 

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 25,439.39 with a loss of -0.41% percent or -103.88 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,745.73 with  a loss of -0.27% percent or -7.30 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 7,426.95 up with +0.089% percent or +6.58 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 20,900.63 with a loss of -1.13% percent or -239.08 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 27,916.63   with a loss of -1.81% percent or -515.42 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 2,682.38  with a loss of -1.37% percent or -37.31 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 35,537.80 with a loss of -0.94% percent or -338.42 point at 12:15 PM.