The DAX Futures is trading at 13,095.00 up with +0.15% percent or +20.00 point.The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 7,160.20 up with +0.25% percent or +18.20 point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 5,818.50 up with +0.36% percent or +21.00 point.  The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 3,658.00 up with +0.14% percent or +5.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

If we don’t see a further bullish response, keep an eye on this week’s low at 12927. A breakdown below there may not mean much more selling, however, before a low is in put in. The trend-line rising up from the August low could turn into a sturdy backdrop. It will require a break of that line before a larger sell-off can grow legs.

YESTERDAY ACTIVITY

For the day Germany’s DAX closed at 13,054.80 with a loss of  –0.65% percent or –85.77 point. the FTSE 100 closed at 7,160.25 up with +0.31% percent or +22.40 point. France’s CAC  40 closed at 5,801.55 up with +0.032% percent or +1.87 point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 27,677.79 up with +0.10% percent or  +28.01 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,117.43 up with +0.15% percent or +4.67 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 8,570.70 up with +0.047% percent or +4.03 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 23,354.40 up with +0.23% percent or +54.31 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 26,498.37 up with +1.07% percent or +281.33 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 2,912.01 up with +0.43% percent or +12.55 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 40,587.41 with a loss of –0.47% percent or –192.18  point at 12:15 PM.