The DAX Futures is trading at 13,526.50 up with +0.04% percent or +5.70 point.The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 7,623.50 up with +0.01% percent or +0.50 point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 6,103.50 up with +1.07% percent or +64.50 point.  The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 3,800.00 with a loss of -0.05% percent or -2.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

For the DAX: It was a mixed day for the auto sector. Volkswagen bucked the trend once more, rising by 0.88%. Continental led the way down, falling by 0.55%. BMW and Daimler saw more modest losses of 0.42% and 0.49% respectively.

It was a bearish day for the banks, however, with Commerzbank and Deutsche Bank falling by 3.31% and by 0.60% respectively.

YESTERDAY ACTIVITY

For the day Germany’s DAX closed at 13,526.13 up with +0.72% percent or +96.70  point.the FTSE 100 closed at ,7,674.56 up with +0.85% percent or +64.75  point. France’s CAC  40 closed at 6,100.72 up with +1.02% percent or  +61.69 point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 29,348.10 up with +0.17% percent or +50.46  point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,329.62 up with +0.39% percent or +12.81 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 9,388.94 up with  +0.34% percent or +31.81 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 24,083.51 up with +0.18% percent or +42.25  point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 28,871.47 with a loss of –0.64% percent or –184.95  point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 3,092.47 up with +0.55% percent or +16.97 point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 41,761.72 with a loss of –0.44% percent or –183.65 point at 12:15 PM.