The DAX Futures is trading at 9,500.50  up with +1.77% or +165.50 point.The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 5,452.00 up with +0.61% percent or +33.00 point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 4,215.00 up with +0.25% percent or +10.50 point.  The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 2,644.00 up with +2.12% percent or +55.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

Germany 30: Retail trader data shows 50.52% of traders are net-long with the ratio of traders long to short at 1.02 to 1. In fact, traders have remained net-long since Mar 25 when Germany 30 traded near 9,806.60, price has moved 3.62% lower since then. The number of traders net-long is 24.85% higher than yesterday and 26.93% higher from last week, while the number of traders net-short is 12.21% lower than yesterday and 0.83% lower from last week.

YESTERDAY ACTIVITY

For the day Germany’s DAX closed at 9,506.22 with a loss of -0.40% percent or –38.53  point.the FTSE 100 closed at 5,465.10 up with  +0.19% percent or +10.53 point. France’s CAC  40 closed at 4,204.75 with a loss of –0.059% percent or –2.49 point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 20,943.51 with a loss of –4.44% percent or –973.65 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,470.50 with a loss of –4.41% percent or ?114.09 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 7,360.58 with a loss of –4.41% percent or –339.52 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 17,818.72 with a loss of –1.37% percent or –246.69 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 23,224.48 up with +0.60% percent or +138.69 point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 2,780.64 up with +1.69% percent or +46.12  point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 28,265.31 with a loss of  –4.08% percent or –1,203.18 point at 12:15 PM.