The DAX Futures is trading at 11,648.00 up with +0.08% percent or +9.20 point. The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 7,117.80 with a loss of -0.02% percent or -1.40 point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 5,288.50 up with +0.19% percent or +10.00 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 3,326.00 up with +0.14% percent or +4.00 point.
TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS
Germany’s seasonally adjusted harmonised unemployment inched lower to 3.2 percent in January 2019 from 3.3 percent in the previous month. It was the lowest jobless rate since April 1980, as the number of unemployed fell further while employment rose. Unemployment Rate in Germany averaged 5.57 percent from 1949 until 2019, reaching an all time high of 11.50 percent in April of 1950 and a record low of 0.40 percent in March of 1966
PREVIOUS DAY ACTIVITY
WORLD MARKETS
For the day the Dow is trading at 26,026.32 up with +0.43% percent or +110.32 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,803.69 up with +0.69% percent or +19.20 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 7,595.35 up with +0.83% percent or +62.82 point.
In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 21,822.04 up with +1.02% percent or +219.35 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 29,025.98 up with +0.74% percent or +213.81 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 3,027.58 up with +1.12% percent or +33.57 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 36,063.81 up with +0.55% percent or +196.37 point at 12:15 PM.