The DAX Futures is trading at 12,354.50 up with +0.09% percent or +10.80 point. The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 7,315.20  up with +0.19% percent or +13.70 point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 5,512.50  with a loss of -0.03% percent or -1.50 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 3,440.00  up with +0.12% percent or +4.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

Today’s economic calendar includes MBA Mortgage Applications 7:00 AM ET, ADP (NASDAQ:ADP) Employment Report 8:15 AM ET, Treasury Refunding Announcement 8:30 AM ET, PMI Manufacturing Index 9:45 AM ET, ISM Mfg Index 10:00 AM ET, Construction Spending 10:00 AM ET, EIA Petroleum Status Report 10:30 AM ET, FOMC Meeting Announcement 2:00 PM ET, and the Fed Chair Press Conference 2:30 PM ET.

PREVIOUS DAY ACTIVITY

For the day Germany’s DAX closed at 12,345.42 up with +0.01% percent or +1.34 point.the FTSE 100 closed at 7,359.57   up with 0.11% percent or +8.26 point. France’s CAC  40 closed at 5,538.86  with a loss of -0.85% percent or ?47.55 point. 

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 26,307.79 with a loss of -0.46% percent or -122.35 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,917.52 with a loss of -0.21% percent or -6.21 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 8,036.77  wilth  a loss of -0.16% percent or -12.87 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 22,258.73 with a loss of -0.22% percent or -48.85 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 30,038.10 up with +0.31% percent or +93.92   point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 3,078.34  up with +0.52% percent or +15.84 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 39,110.47  up with +0.33% percent or +129.04 point at 12:15 PM.