The DAX Futures is trading at 13,480.00 up  with +0.10% percent or +13.50 point.The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 7,381.80  with a loss of -0.08% percent or -6.00 point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 6,012.00 up with +0.06% percent or +3.50 point.  The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 3,784.00 up with +0.05% percent or +2.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

It was a particularly bearish day for the auto sector.DaimlerandVolkswagenled the way down, sliding by 2.69% and by 2.63% respectively.BMWandContinentalsaw more modest losses of 2.31% and 1.52% respectively.

It was also a bullish day for the banks, however. Commerzbank gained 1.86%, while Deutsche Bank rose by 0.46%.

YESTERDAY ACTIVITY

For the day Germany’s DAX closed at 13,513.81  with a loss of –0.45% percent or –61.01  point.the FTSE 100 closed at 7,466.70 with a loss of –0.51% percent or ?38.09 point. France’s CAC  40 closed at 6,029.75 with a loss of –0.14% percent or –8.43  point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 29,102.51 with a loss of –0.94% percent or –277.26  point. The S&P 500 is trading at 3,327.71  with a loss of –0.54% percent or –18.07 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 9,520.51 with a loss of –0.54% percent or –51.64 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 23,685.98 with a loss of –0.60% percent or –142.00   point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 27,250.45 with a loss of –0.56% percent or –153.82 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 2,890.49 up with +0.51% percent or  +14.52point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 40,951.36 with a loss of –0.47% percent or –193.39 point at 12:15 PM.