The DAX Futures is trading at 12,288.50  up with +0.58% percent or +70.60 point. The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 7,353.80  up with +0.05% percent or +3.80 point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 5,505.58  up with +0.088% percent or +4.86 point.The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 3,438  up with +0.29% percent or +10 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

Today’s economic calendar includes MBA Mortgage Applications 7:00 AM ET, Durable Goods Orders 8:30 AM ET, International Trade in Goods 8:30 AM ET, Retail Inventories [Advance] 8:30 AM ET, Wholesale Inventories [Advance] 8:30 AM ET, State Street (NYSE:STT) Investor Confidence Index 10:00 AM ET, and the EIA Petroleum Status Report at 10:30 AM ET.

PREVIOUS DAY ACTIVITY

For the day Germany’s DAX closed at 12,304.07 up with +0.48% percent or +61.98 point.the FTSE 100 closed at 7,415.59  with a loss of -0.011% percent or -0.80 point. France’s CAC  40 closed at 5,505.01  up with +0.078% percent or +4.29 point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 26,536.82 with a loss of -0.043% percent or -11.40 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,913.78 with a loss of -0.12% percent or -3.60 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 7,909.97  up with +0.32% percent or +25.25 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 21,338.17  up with +1.19% percent or +251.58point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 28,603.89  up with +1.35% percent or +381.91 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 2,996.79  up with +0.69% percent or +20.51 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 39,770.82 up with +0.45% percent or +178.74 point at 12:15 PM.