The DAX Futures is trading at 12,185.30  up with +0.08% percent or +10.30 point. The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 7,342.50  with a loss of -0.18% percent or -13.50 point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 5,514.57  with a loss of -0.13% percent or -7.14 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 3,424.00  up with +0.06% percent or +2.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

Today’s economic calendar includes the 8-Week Bill Settlement, John Williams (NYSE:WMB) Speaks 8:45 AM ET, Redbook 8:55 AM ET, S&P Corelogic Case-Shiller HPI 9:00 AM ET, FHFA House Price Index 9:00 AM ET, New Home Sales 10:00 AM ET, Consumer Confidence 10:00 AM ET, Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index 10:00 AM ET, Raphael Bostic Speaks 12:00 PM ET, Jerome Powell Speaks 1:00 PM ET, and James Bullard Speaks 6:30 PM ET.

PREVIOUS DAY ACTIVITY

For the day Germany’s DAX closed at 12,228.44  with a loss of -0.38% percent or -46.13 point.the FTSE 100 closed at 7,422.43  up with +0.077% percent or +5.74 point. France’s CAC  40 closed at 5,514.57  with a loss of -0.13% percent or -7.14 point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 26,548.22 with a loss of -0.67% percent or -179.32 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,917.38 with a loss of -0.95% percent or -27.97 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 7,884.72  with a loss of -1.51% percent or -120.98 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 21,086.59  with a loss of -0.51% percent or -107.22 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 28,230.97  up with 0.16% percent or +44.99 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 2,978.03  with a loss of -0.14% percent or -4.04 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 39,511.84 up with +0.20% percent or +76.90 point at 12:15 PM.