The DAX Futures is trading at 13,015.00 up with +0.17% percent or +22.00 point. The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 7,281.20  with a loss of -0.06% percent or -4.30 point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 5,794.50 up with +0.22% percent or +12.50 point. The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 3,636.00 up with +0.17% percent or +6.00  point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

Separate data from the Labour Office showed that the seasonally adjusted number of unemployed fell by 16 thousand from a month earlier to 2.266 million in November, compared to market expectations of a 5 thousand increase. The jobless rate was unchanged at 5 percent, remaining close to the lowest since German reunification in 1990.

YESTERDAY ACTIVITY

For the day Germany’s DAX closed at 12,964.68  with a loss of -2.05% percent or –271.70 point.the FTSE 100 closed at 7,271.98  with a loss of –0.19% percent or –13.96  point. France’s CAC  40 closed at 5,786.74 with a loss of –2.01% percent or –118.42 point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 27,783.04 with a loss of –0.96% percent or –268.37 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,113.87  with a loss of –0.86% percent or –27.11 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 8,567.99  with a loss of –1.12% percent or –97.48 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 23,379.81 with a loss of –0.64% percent or –149.69 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 26,391.30 with a loss of –0.20% percent or –53.42 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 2,884.70 up with +0.31% percent or +8.89 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 40,624.14 with a loss of –0.44% percent or –178.03  point at 12:15 PM.