DAX Futures Morning Update on 17 May 2019

The DAX Futures is trading at 12,221.50 with a loss of -0.49% percent or -60.10 point.The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 7,327.50  with a loss of -0.13% percent or -9.50 point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 5,354.00  with a loss of -1.73% percent or -94.00 point.  The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 3,390.00 with a loss of -0.35% percent or -12.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

The Dax 30 is one of the world’s most actively traded indices and provides traders with a high degree of liquidity, tight trading spreads and long trading hours. The FSE trading hours for the DAX are 09:00 GMT to 17:45 GMT and most providers will also give pre and post-market indications. This is to help traders gauge where markets are expected to open and where they are quoted after the official market has closed.

Dax trends can be easy to spot making it a favourite market to trade. Additionally, Dax traders find the technical patterns to be clean on a multitude of time frames. Due to these factors, traders from around the world follow the Dax and use it to gain exposure or hedge their exposure to equities.

PREVIOUS DAY ACTIVITY

For the day Germany’s DAX closed at 12,252.79  with a loss of -0.46% percent or -55.58 point. the FTSE 100 closed at 7,333.54 with a loss of -0.27% percent or -19.97 point. France’s CAC  40 closed at 5,448.11  up with +1.37% percent or +73.85 point. 

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 25,862.68  up with +0.84% percent or +214.66   point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,876.32 up with +0.89% percent or +25.36 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 7,898.05 up with +0.97% percent or +75.90 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 21,250.09 up with +0.89% percent or +187.11 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 27,938.18 with a loss of -1.19% percent or -336.89   point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 2,882.30  with a loss of -2.48% percent or -73.41 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 37,727.87 up with +0.89% percent or +334.39 point at 12:15 PM.