The DAX Futures is trading at 12,180.50  up with +0.69% percent or +84.00 point.The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 7,408.80 up with +0.44% percent or +32.80 point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 5,400.69  up with +0.34% percent or +18.20 point.  The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 3,404.00 up with +0.74% percent or +25.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

The day started off as a textbook trend day, with relentless buying, and small pullbacks. It wasn’t until a 10:00 sell program activated that the ES finally topped out and started to pull back. After that, the futures traded sideways in a 9 handle range for the rest of the day.

Going into the close, when the 2:45 cash imbalance reveal came out showing $621 million to buy, the ES was trading at 2876.75, and would then go on to print 2873.50 on the 3:00 cash close, and 2875.25 on the 3:15 futures close, up +29.50 handle for the day.

PREVIOUS DAY ACTIVITY

For the day Germany’s DAX closed at 12,171.07 up with +1.04% percent or +127.05 point.the FTSE 100 closed at 7,410.58  up with +0.48% percent or +35.04 point. France’s CAC  40 closed at 5,400.95 up with +0.34% percent or +18.46 point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 26,062.68 up  with +0.30% percent or +78.74 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,886.73 up with +0.47% percent or +13.39 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 7,823.17  up with +1.05% percent or +81.07 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 21,204.28  up with +0.33% percent or +69.86 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 27,776.20 up with +0.72% percent or +197.56   point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 2,925.72 up with +2.58% percent or +73.59  point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 39,937.90  up with +0.39% percent or +153.38 point at 12:15 PM.