The DAX Futures is trading at 9,486.00 with a loss of -1.05% or -100.70 point.The FTSE 100 Futures is trading at 5,425.50 with a loss of -0.60% percent or -33.00 point. The CAC 40 Futures is trading at 4,192.00 with a loss of -0.63% percent or -26.50 point.  The EURO Stoxx 50 Futures trading at 2,628.00 with a loss of -0.57% percent or -15.00 point.

TODAY’S FACTORS AND EVENTS

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 9,501.03 with a loss of -0.73% percent or –69.79  point. the FTSE 100 closed at 5,424.40 with a loss of  –1.02% percent or –55.82 point. France’s CAC  40 closed at 4,194.41 with a loss of –0.64%% percent or –26.91 point.

WORLD MARKETS

For the day the Dow is trading at 21,413.44 up with 2.24% percent or +469.93 point. The S&P 500 is trading at 2,526.90 with +2.28% percent or  +56.40 point. The Nasdaq Composite is trading at 7,487.31 up with +1.72% percent or +126.73 point.

In other parts of world, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 17,820.19 up with +0.0082% percent or +1.47 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 23,161.64 with a loss of  –0.51% percent or –118.42 point. China’s Shanghai  Composite is trading at 2,763.99 with a loss of –1.69% percent or –16.65  point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 27,823.09 with a loss of  –1.56% percent or –442.22 point at 12:15 PM.