The DAX Futures is trading at 12,524.50  with a loss of -0.23% percent or -28.90 point.The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 7,477.50 with a loss of -0.27% percent or -19.90 point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 5,593.72  with a loss of -0.48% percent or -27.00 point.  The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 3,512.00 with a loss of  -0.31% percent or -11.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

The German trade surplus was at EUR 20.6 billion in May 2019, little-changed from a surplus of EUR 20.0 billion in the same month a year earlier, as exports advanced 4.5 percent to EUR 113.9 billion, while imports rose by 4.9 percent to EUR 93.4 billion.

Exports increased by 4.5 percent year-on-year to EUR 113.9 billion. Sales to the EU grew by 0.6 percent to EUR 66.1 billion, of which Euro area (3.8 percent to EUR 42.3 billion). In addition, exports to countries outside the EU expanded 10.4 percent to EUR 47.9 billion. Meanwhile, exports from non-Euro area countries fell by 4.8 percent to EUR 23.8 billion.

PREVIOUS DAY ACTIVITY

For the day Germany’s DAX closed at 12,568.53  with a loss of -0.49% percent or -61.37 point. the FTSE 100 closed at 7,543.28   with a loss of -0.13% percent or -9.86 point. France’s CAC  40 closed at 5,593.72  with a loss of -0.48% percent or -27.00 point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 26,922.12  with a loss of -0.16% percent or -43.88 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,990.41 with a loss of -0.18% percent or -5.41 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 8,161.79 with a loss of -0.10% percent or -8.44 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 21,534.35 with a loss of -0.98% percent or -212.03 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 28,287.67 with a loss of -1.69% percent or -487.16 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 2,933.36  with a loss of -2.58% percent or -77.70 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 38,884.70  with a loss of -1.59% percent or -628.69 point at 12:15 PM.