The DAX Futures is trading at 12,707.50 up with +0.35% percent or +44.80 point. The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 7,161.20 up with +0.33% percent or +23.20 point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 5,641.50 up with +0.02% percent or +1.10 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 3,582.00 up with +0.28% percent or +10.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

For the DAX: It was a mixed day for the auto sector. Volkswagen led the way rising by 1.04%, with BMW and Daimler rising by 0.87% and by 0.59% respectively. Continental bucked the trend on the day, with a 0.58% loss.

It wasn’t a mixed day for the banks, however, with Commerzbank and Deutsche Bank falling by 1.01% and by 0.41% respectively.

AY ACTIVITY

For the day Germany’s DAX closed at 12,677.78 up with +0.35% percent or +44.18  point.the FTSE 100 closed at 7,186.52 up with +0.50% percent or +35.95 point. France’s CAC  40 closed at 5,634.99 with  a loss of –0.022% percent or –1.25 point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 26,770.20 with a loss of –0.95% percent or  –255.68  point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,986.20  with a loss of –0.39% percent or –11.75 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 8,089.54  with a loss of –0.83% percent or –67.31 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 22,548.90 up with +0.25% percent or +56.22 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 26,738.35 up with +0.070% percent or +18.77 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 2,939.62 up with +0.050% percent or +1.48  point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 39,298.38 up with +0.53% percent or +246.32 point at 12:15 PM.